Columbus Online Academy

As a close-knit senior high in Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Online Academy educates 305 students from grades 7 through 12, overseen by Columbus City Schools District. Enrollment runs roughly 46% smaller than the state mean of about 565.

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

Looking at the student body, Columbus Online Academy records that the largest single group is Black, at 55% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 26% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Franklin County put the typical household earns roughly $75,176 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which Columbus Online Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Walnut Ridge High School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Columbus Online Academy operates from an urban location. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

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