Columbia High School (West Columbia, Texas) is a

public high school A state school, public school, or government school is a primary school, primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation and operated by the government of the state. State-f ...

located in

West Columbia, Texas West Columbia is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States. The city is centered on the intersection of Texas Highways 35 & 36, southwest of downtown Houston. The population was 3,644 at the 2020 census. The 1st Congress of the Repub ...

, United States. It is classified as a 4A school by the

University Interscholastic League The University Interscholastic League (UIL) is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, musical, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the largest organ ...

(UIL). It is the only senior high school in

Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District (CBISD) is a public school district based in the Kenneth C. Welch Administration Building in West Columbia, Texas, West Columbia, Texas (United States, USA). In addition to West Columbia, the distri ...

which is located in southwest Brazoria County. For the 2021-22 school year, the school was given a "B" by the

Texas Education Agency The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is the branch of the government of Texas responsible for public education in Texas in the United States.

Athletics

The Columbia Roughnecks compete in the following sports: *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

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* Cross Country *

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Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

Powerlifting Powerlifting is a competitive strength athletics, strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: Squat (exercise), squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athle ...

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Softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

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Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

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

Jim Ray Smith James Ray Smith (born February 27, 1932) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive guard for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns and Dallas Cowboys. He played college footbal ...

(1950), former

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All-Pro offensive lineman *

Dennis Gaubatz Dennis Earl Gaubatz (Pronounced: GAW-bats) (born February 11, 1940) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Detroit Lions and the Baltimore Colts. Gaubatz played col ...

(1958), former

linebacker * Charlie Davis (1970), former

running back * Charlie Johnson (1970), former

All-Pro defesive tackle *

Jared Wells Jared Linn Wells (born October 31, 1981) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners in 2008. Professional career San Diego Padres Wells was Sele ...

(1999), former

MLB Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...

pitcher *

Seth Romero Seth Daniel Romero (born April 19, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He played for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB) during the 2020 season. He played college baseball for the Universit ...

(2014), former

pitcher * Cam Ward (2020), quarterback for the

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References

External links

Columbia-Brazoria ISD
{{authority control High schools in Brazoria County, Texas Public high schools in Texas West Columbia, Texas