Columbus Downtown High School

Columbus Downtown High School is a very small senior high in Columbus, Ohio, overseen by Columbus City Schools District. The school teaches 48 students in grades 10 through 12. That puts it 92% smaller than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.

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

Demographically, Columbus Downtown High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 25% Black, 10% Hispanic, 2% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Columbus Downtown High School logs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 1.3:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, Franklin County reports that median household earnings sit near $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), Columbus Downtown High School is one campus in the mix.

Franklin Learning Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Columbus Downtown High School.

Columbus Downtown High School operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Columbus Downtown High School has edged up 78%, going from 27 students in 2018 to 48 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 41% to 25% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.