Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy

Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy is an elementary-level community of tiny scale in Columbus, Ohio, run under Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy, works with 133 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 67% below the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy is a school of Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy lists that 75% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy reports 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Franklin County) logs that median household income runs about $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy is one.

Zenith Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy operates from an urban location. Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 53%: 282 students in 2018 compared to 133 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 11% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.