Southwood Elementary School

Southwood Elementary School is an elementary campus of compact scale in Columbus, Ohio, run under Columbus City Schools District, works with 309 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 404.

Across the 115 schools in Columbus City Schools District (46,249 students total), Southwood Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Southwood Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is Black (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 37% White, 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Southwood Elementary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Franklin County) logs that 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), Southwood Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Focus Learning Academy of Southwestern Columbus, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 350 students in 2018 compared to 309 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 49% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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