Como Elementary School
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 28 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Como Elementary School
Como Elementary School is one of the low-enrollment K-5 schools in Columbus, Ohio, one of the schools within Columbus City Schools District, with 225 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 44% smaller than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.
Como Elementary School is one of 115 schools operated by Columbus City Schools District, a district that caters to 46,249 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Como Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 29% White, 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Como Elementary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Como Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.
Across the wider county, Franklin County reports that median household income runs about $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), Como Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Indianola Informal K-8 School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies an urban site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 38%: 362 students in 2018 compared to 225 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment expanded from 38% to 52% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.
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