Great Western Academy

Located at 310 N Wilson Rd, in Columbus, Ohio, Great Western Academy is a large elementary campus that enrolls 694 students (grades K through 8), operated by Great Western Academy. That puts it 72% above the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Great Western Academy is a school of Great Western Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Great Western Academy records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 30% Black, 14% White, 12% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Franklin County put median household income runs about $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Great Western Academy is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students).

Nearest neighbor: Westmoor Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Great Western Academy.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, Great Western Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Great Western Academy has ticked down 4%, going from 721 students in 2018 to 694 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 42% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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