Imagine Columbus Primary Academy

Students in Columbus, Ohio, attend Imagine Columbus Primary Academy, a low-enrollment elementary school. The student body numbers 283 students, from kindergarten through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Ohio is about 404, so this school runs 30% smaller than that.

Federal records list Imagine Columbus Primary Academy as its own district.

By race and ethnicity, Imagine Columbus Primary Academy is 51% Black. The school is also 42% Asian and 6% Hispanic. That is higher than the 23% Black share among all Franklin County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Imagine Columbus Primary Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.

The school reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 20.2 students per teacher. The 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is lower than this school's figure.

Among Franklin County residents, median household income is about $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 402 public schools in Franklin County, with a combined enrollment of about 195,359.

The nearest public school is Columbus Bilingual Academy-North, at less than a tenth of a mile. Imagine Columbus Primary Academy has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.

A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 31%, from 216 to 283. Its ratio of students to teachers was 24.0:1 in 2020-21, and 20.2:1 in 2024-25.

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