Avalon Elementary School

Avalon Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary-level community in Columbus, Ohio, overseen by Columbus City Schools District. The school educates 399 students in grades K through 3.

Avalon Elementary School is one of 115 schools operated by Columbus City Schools District, a district that enrolls 46,249 students overall.

Demographically, Avalon Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 30% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Franklin County put 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), Avalon Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Northland High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Avalon Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Avalon Elementary School has contracted 10%, going from 442 students in 2018 to 399 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 in 2025.

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