Forest Park Elementary School

Forest Park Elementary School is an average-sized primary school in Columbus, Ohio, part of Columbus City Schools District. The school educates 375 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Columbus City Schools District comprises 115 schools with combined enrollment of 46,249 students; Forest Park Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Forest Park Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 31% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Forest Park Elementary School reports 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, census data for Franklin County shows the typical household earns roughly $75,176 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), Forest Park Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Salem Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Forest Park Elementary School.

Forest Park Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 16%: 448 students in 2018 compared to 375 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 41% to 51% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 22.4:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Forest Park Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.