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Columbia High School
Home Of The Fighting Roughnecks
Address
521 South 16th Street West Columbia, Texas 77486 United States
Coordinates	29°08′16″N 95°39′06″W / 29.137733°N 95.651609°W / 29.137733; -95.651609
Information
Type	Public
School district	Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District
Principal	Unspecified
Teaching staff	58.33 (FTE)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	896 (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio	15.36
Color(s)	Maroon & White
Athletics conference	UIL Class AAAA
Mascot	Roughnecks/Lady Necks
Website	chs.cbisd.com

Columbia High School (West Columbia, Texas) is a public high school located in West Columbia, Texas, United States. It is classified as a 4A school by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). It is the only senior high school in Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District which is located in southwest Brazoria County. For the 2021-22 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency.

Athletics

The Columbia Roughnecks compete in the following sports:

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cross Country
• Football
• Golf
• Powerlifting
• Soccer
• Softball
• Tennis
• Track and Field
• Volleyball

State Titles

Columbia (UIL)

• Softball -
  • 2006(3A)
• Girls Track -
  • 1972(1A)

West Columbia Brown (PVIL)

• Boys Basketball -
  • 1948(PVIL-1A), 1950(PVIL-1A), 1952(PVIL-1A)

Theatre

• One Act Play
  • 1948(1A)

Incidents

In a scene reminiscent of the old TV show 21 Jump Street, police arrested 16 students on April 16, 2010, accused of delivering drugs on Brazoria County's Columbia High School campus after an undercover officer posing as a student named “Victor” allegedly bought the goods from them. The raid, which took place around 9:30 a.m. during fourth-period classes, took everyone by surprise but was conducted efficiently and quietly with the students being called out of their classrooms and to the office, where they were arrested, school officials said. The students were charged with felony offenses alleging they delivered drugs in a drug-free zone. Another student who has moved out of Brazoria County will be arrested later, said Sheriff Charles Wagner. The drugs, bought by a Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District undercover officer during his three-month stint on campus, included marijuana, cocaine, hydrocodone, Xanax and other prescription drugs, Wagner said. School district police “had developed information they had a problem over there and decided to do something about it,” Wagner said. Those arrested ranged from freshmen to seniors, spanning ages from 16 to 19, and included two girls. Five are legally considered adults.

Notable alumni

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• Charlie Davis, former NFL player
• Dennis Gaubatz, former NFL player
• Jim Ray Smith, former NFL player
• Seth Romero, first round pick in the 2017 MLB Draft by the Washington Nationals
• Jared Wells, former MLB pitcher
• Charlie Johnson, former NFL player

References

1. Administration
2. ^ "COLUMBIA H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
3. 4A UIL Alignments
4. "TEA". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
5. The Athletics Department
6. UIL Softball Archives
7. UIL Girls Track Archives Archived February 27, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
8. UIL Boys Basketball Archives (PVIL)
9. UIL One Act Play Archives
10. "Drug raid causes a stir at Columbia High". 16 April 2010.

External links

• Columbia-Brazoria ISD

• High schools in Brazoria County, Texas
• Public high schools in Texas
• West Columbia, Texas