Mifflin Alternative Middle School

Mifflin Alternative Middle School is a compact middle school in Columbus, Ohio, one of the schools within Columbus City Schools District. The school serves 356 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 26% smaller than the state mean of about 482.

Within Columbus City Schools District, which oversees 115 schools and 46,249 students, Mifflin Alternative Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Mifflin Alternative Middle School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment; the rest looks like 14% Hispanic, 6% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, census data for Franklin County shows the typical household earns roughly $75,176 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), Mifflin Alternative Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cassady Alternative Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Mifflin Alternative Middle School operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 25%: 475 students in 2018 compared to 356 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 10% to 5% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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