Horizon Science Academy Columbus Middle School

Horizon Science Academy Columbus Middle School operates as a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Columbus, Ohio, one of the schools within Horizon Science Academy Columbus Middle School. Current enrollment sits at 462 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Operationally, Horizon Science Academy Columbus Middle School answers to Horizon Science Academy Columbus Middle School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Horizon Science Academy Columbus Middle School lists that nearly all students (89%) are Black. Beyond that, the school logs 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Horizon Science Academy Columbus Middle School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the surrounding community, 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 the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), Horizon Science Academy Columbus Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Northtowne Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Horizon Science Academy Columbus Middle School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 499 students in 2018 compared to 462 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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