Columbus Performance Academy

Columbus Performance Academy, a minimally staffed elementary school in Columbus, Ohio, part of Columbus Performance Academy, serves 144 students, covering grades K through 8. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Columbus Performance Academy sits 64% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, Columbus Performance Academy answers to Columbus Performance Academy, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Columbus Performance Academy logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (83%). Beyond that, the school reports 11% multiracial, 3% White, 2% Native American. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Columbus Performance Academy has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.0:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Franklin County) shows that median household income runs about $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), Columbus Performance Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Eagle Charter Schools of Ohio dba the Shepard School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Columbus Performance Academy.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. Columbus Performance Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Columbus Performance Academy has declined 32%, going from 213 students in 2018 to 144 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 1% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.