South Scioto Academy

South Scioto Academy, a low-enrollment primary school in Columbus, Ohio, overseen by South Scioto Academy, works with 224 students, covering grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 45% below the state mean of about 404.

Operationally, South Scioto Academy answers to South Scioto Academy, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, South Scioto Academy shows that nearly all students (81%) are Black. Other groups include 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, South Scioto Academy records 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Franklin County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $75,176 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which South Scioto Academy is one.

Berwick Alternative K-8 School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. South Scioto Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Scioto Academy has increased 10%, going from 203 students in 2018 to 224 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 76% to 81% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the South Scioto Academy community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.