Fort Hayes Career Center

Fort Hayes Career Center is a secondary school of minimally staffed scale in Columbus, Ohio, run under Columbus City Schools District, hosting 102 students in grades 10 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 82% smaller than the state mean of about 565.

Columbus City Schools District comprises 115 schools with combined enrollment of 46,249 students; Fort Hayes Career Center is among them.

In terms of who attends, Fort Hayes Career Center reports that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 33% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 3.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 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. Fort Hayes Career Center is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students).

Fort Hayes Arts and Academic HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fort Hayes Career Center has grew 11%, going from 92 students in 2018 to 102 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 62% to 53%.

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