Cassady Alternative Elementary School

Federal records list Cassady Alternative Elementary School as an elementary school in Columbus, Ohio. A federal count lists 308 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404, so this school runs 24% smaller than that.

Cassady Alternative Elementary School is part of a district of 115 schools: Columbus City Schools District, with 46,249 students.

Black students are the majority at Cassady Alternative Elementary School, with 72% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 14% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. Among all residents of Franklin County, the Black share is about 23%. Pick two students at random and there is a 46% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The count of teachers at Cassady Alternative Elementary School is 16 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 19.3:1. That is higher than the 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio.

County data help place the school in context: in Franklin County, the median household income is $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Franklin County is home to 402 public schools and about 195,359 public school students.

Mifflin Alternative Middle School is located about 0.3 miles from Cassady Alternative Elementary School. The five-mile area around Cassady Alternative Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools.

The federal government classifies Cassady Alternative Elementary School's location as City: Large.

Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 313 in 2020-21, 308 in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 19.3 students per teacher, compared with 17.4 in 2020-21.

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