Briggs High School

Briggs High School is an expansive four-year high school in Columbus, Ohio, one of the schools within Columbus City Schools District. The school enrolls 956 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 69% bigger than the state mean of about 565.

Columbus City Schools District runs 115 schools in total, collectively educating 46,249 students. Briggs High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Briggs High School shows that the most-represented group is White (30%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 30% Black, 28% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,176, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), Briggs High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lindbergh Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Briggs High School.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Briggs High School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 964 (now 956). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 15% to 28%.

On the community side, the feed for Briggs High School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.