Berwick Alternative K-8 School

Berwick Alternative K-8 School is a heavily attended elementary-level community in Columbus, Ohio, overseen by Columbus City Schools District. The school caters to 691 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 71% larger than the state mean of about 404.

Within Columbus City Schools District, which oversees 115 schools and 46,249 students, Berwick Alternative K-8 School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Berwick Alternative K-8 School shows that nearly all students (83%) are Black. Other groups include 9% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household earnings sit near $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), Berwick Alternative K-8 School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Johnson Park Middle School, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Berwick Alternative K-8 School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 752 students in 2018 compared to 691 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 89% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.

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