Cassady Alternative Elementary School

Cassady Alternative Elementary School is a close-knit elementary school in Columbus, Ohio, part of Columbus City Schools District. The school instructs 308 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 404.

Columbus City Schools District comprises 115 schools with combined enrollment of 46,249 students; Cassady Alternative Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Cassady Alternative Elementary School logs that 72% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 14% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% White. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Franklin County) records that 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. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which Cassady Alternative Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Mifflin Alternative Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cassady Alternative Elementary School.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 368 students in 2018 compared to 308 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 7% to 14% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.