East Bridge Academy of Excellence

East Bridge Academy of Excellence is an elementary school of one-room-style scale in Columbus, Ohio, run under East Bridge Academy of Excellence, teacheing 126 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 69% leaner than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

East Bridge Academy of Excellence sits inside East Bridge Academy of Excellence, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, East Bridge Academy of Excellence logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (94%). The remainder consists of 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the area at large, Franklin County reports that median household income runs about $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), East Bridge Academy of Excellence is one campus in the mix.

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

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. East Bridge Academy of Excellence is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Bridge Academy of Excellence has edged up 38%, going from 91 students in 2018 to 126 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.

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