Toledo Preparatory and Fitness Academy

Set in Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Preparatory and Fitness Academy is a compact elementary school, run under Toledo Preparatory and Fitness Academy. It educates 292 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Operationally, Toledo Preparatory and Fitness Academy answers to Toledo Preparatory and Fitness Academy, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Toledo Preparatory and Fitness Academy logs that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder breaks down as 11% multiracial, 11% Hispanic, 4% White. By comparison, Lucas County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Toledo Preparatory and Fitness Academy has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the broader community, census data for Lucas County shows median household earnings sit near $62,224, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Lucas County runs 143 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,839 students), of which Toledo Preparatory and Fitness Academy is one.

The closest other public school is The Autism Academy Of Learning, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. Toledo Preparatory and Fitness Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Toledo Preparatory and Fitness Academy has edged up 41%, going from 207 students in 2018 to 292 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 61% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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