Eakin Elementary School

Eakin Elementary School operates as a close-knit elementary campus in Columbus, Ohio, one of the schools within Columbus City Schools District. Current enrollment sits at 242 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Eakin Elementary School sits 40% below that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Eakin Elementary School lists that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 21% Hispanic, 16% White, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Eakin Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Wedgewood Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 17%: 291 students in 2018 compared to 242 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 71% to 54%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.