Enrollment
114
High
STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY·NCES 390063805183
Early College Academy
137 E State St, Columbus, OH 43215 · (614) 298-4742 · Franklin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL114 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
8 FTE teachers
STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
50 students
STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 8 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 22 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 35 | 31% |
| Grade 12 | 49 | 43% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
0.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -40.0pp since 2021
Math
0.0%
OH avg 56.1% . -9.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 0 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 0 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 40 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | 6.3% | 0.0% |
| 2022-23 | 5.3% | 6.3% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 9.1% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
9.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-63.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 72% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Early College Academy
Early College Academy's state test result (9.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early College Academy this school | 114 | 43.9% | 9.0% |
| Richmond Heights High School Richmond Heights | 271 | 65.7% | 51.8% |
| Northwest High School Cincinnati | 910 | 59.6% | 43.6% |
| Arts & College Preparatory Academy Columbus | 473 | 51.6% | 51.3% |
| Dayton Athletic Vocational Academy Dayton | 95 | 96.8% | 24.7% |
| Shaker Hts High School Shaker Heights | 1,418 | 40.7% | 63.4% |
Matched among Ohio high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Early College Academy ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #403 of 403 | #21 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 0.0% | #772 of 776 ▼ 2 | #54 of 55 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 0.0% | #770 of 774 ▼ 7 | #55 of 55 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 114 | #826 of 888 | #56 of 66 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.9% | #210 of 435 | #8 of 21 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
114
-32 (-22%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 175
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 20.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 114 | 7.5 | 15.2:1 | 44% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 123 | 6.5 | 18.9:1 | 42% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 129 | 4.5 | 28.7:1 | 40% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 146 | 7 | 20.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 162 | 9.3 | 17.5:1 | 32% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 202 | 10 | 20.2:1 | 67% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 175 | 7 | 25.0:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Early College Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (162 to 114); teachers down 19% (9.3 to 7.5).
About Early College Academy
Early College Academy is a high school in Columbus, Ohio, and it is part of Early College Academy. A total of 114 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Ohio is about 565 students, so this school is 80% smaller than average.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
A majority of students at Early College Academy, 75%, are Black. Other reported shares: 16% Hispanic, 6% White, and 3% Asian. Franklin County's residents are about 23% Black, 51 points below the school's share. Early College Academy has a diversity index of 41%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 7.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Early College Academy and a ratio of 15.2:1. The average ratio among high schools in Ohio is 17.7:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 44% of enrollment.
Early College Academy trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 63.3 points (9.0% versus 72.2%), a bottom-10% result in Ohio on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Franklin County, median household income is about $75,176, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. A total of 402 public schools operate in Franklin County, serving about 195,359 students.
Columbus Downtown High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
Early College Academy has an NCES locale of City: Large. Early College Academy is run as a public charter school.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Early College Academy went from 146 students to 114. Its ratio of students to teachers was 20.9:1 in 2020-21, and 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbus
- KIPP ColumbusCombined · 1,945 students
- Worthington Kilbourne High SchoolHigh · 1,623 students
- Great River Connections AcademyCombined · 1,608 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Northland High SchoolHigh · 1,029 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,028 students
Other Early College Academy schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Early College Academy. Early College Academy is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Early College AcademyGREELEY, CO · 293 students
- Early College AcademyLafayette, LA · 257 students
- EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMYALBUQUERQUE, NM · 212 students
Nearby schools
- Columbus Downtown High School0.4 mi · 48
- Franklin Learning Academy0.4 mi · 45
- South Columbus Preparatory Academy at German Village0.8 mi · 270
- Flex High School1.0 mi · 370
- United Schools Columbus1.1 mi · 838
- Fort Hayes Arts and Academic HS1.1 mi · 752
Frequently asked questions
About Early College AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Early College Academy?
Early College Academy enrolls approximately 114 students in grades 09-12.
Is Early College Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Early College Academy is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Early College Academy have?
Early College Academy employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Early College Academy?
At Early College Academy, the student body is approximately 6% White, 16% Hispanic, 75% Black, 3% Asian.
Is Early College Academy public or private?
Early College Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Early College Academy.
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