Marion-Franklin High School

Marion-Franklin High School is a low-enrollment 9-12 campus in Columbus, Ohio, overseen by Columbus City Schools District. The school serves 430 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 565.

Within Columbus City Schools District, which oversees 115 schools and 46,249 students, Marion-Franklin High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Marion-Franklin High School logs that the largest single group is Black at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 23% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Marion-Franklin High School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, Franklin County reports that median household earnings sit near $75,176, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which Marion-Franklin High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Summit Academy Middle School - Columbus, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marion-Franklin High School.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Five-year trend. Marion-Franklin High School's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 493 (now 430). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 3% to 19% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Marion-Franklin High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.