Capital City Career Prep High School

Capital City Career Prep High School operates as a micro-enrollment 9-12 campus in Columbus, Ohio, operated by Capital City Career Prep High School. Current enrollment sits at 93 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 84% leaner than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.

Capital City Career Prep High School is a school of Capital City Career Prep High School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Capital City Career Prep High School logs that Black students make up the majority at 76%; the rest breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Capital City Career Prep High School has 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Capital City Career Prep High School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,176 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), Capital City Career Prep High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Zenith Academy East, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. Capital City Career Prep High School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 20%: 116 students in 2018 compared to 93 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 10% to 3% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.