South Columbus Preparatory Academy at Southfield

South Columbus Preparatory Academy at Southfield, a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Columbus, Ohio, one of the schools within South Columbus Preparatory Academy at Southfield, instructs 249 students, covering grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 38% smaller than typical.

South Columbus Preparatory Academy at Southfield sits inside South Columbus Preparatory Academy at Southfield, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, South Columbus Preparatory Academy at Southfield records that 60% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 13% multiracial, 12% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Asian. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, South Columbus Preparatory Academy at Southfield has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,176 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), South Columbus Preparatory Academy at Southfield is one campus in the mix.

Watkins Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. South Columbus Preparatory Academy at Southfield is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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