Columbus Downtown High School

Columbus Downtown High School is a very small high school in Ohio, with an address in Columbus. Students in grades 10 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 48 students. High schools in Ohio have about 565 students on average; enrollment here is 92% lower.

Columbus Downtown High School is one of the 115 schools that make up Columbus City Schools District (46,249 students in total).

More than half of the students at Columbus Downtown High School are White (63%). Other reported shares: 25% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 2% Native American. That is in line with Franklin County, where about 59% of residents are White.

On staff are 36 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 1.3:1. The average for high schools in Ohio is 17.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher.

Looking at the county, Franklin County, the median household earns about $75,176 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Franklin County has 402 public schools with about 195,359 students, including Columbus Downtown High School.

Columbus Downtown High School's closest public school neighbor is Franklin Learning Academy, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Columbus Downtown High School, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Columbus Downtown High School has an NCES locale of City: Large.

The school counted 30 students in 2020-21 and 48 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference.

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