Arts Impact Middle School (Aims)

Located at 680 Jack Gibbs Blvd, in Columbus, Ohio, Arts Impact Middle School (Aims) is a mid-tier middle school that enrolls 507 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Columbus City Schools District.

Within Columbus City Schools District, which oversees 115 schools and 46,249 students, Arts Impact Middle School (Aims) is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Arts Impact Middle School (Aims) shows that 72% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder reads as 12% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Franklin County shows the typical household earns roughly $75,176 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), Arts Impact Middle School (Aims) is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Weinland Park Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arts Impact Middle School (Aims) has stayed largely flat, going from 513 students in 2018 to 507 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 78% to 72% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.