United Schools Columbus

United Schools Columbus operates as a heavily attended elementary campus in Columbus, Ohio, overseen by United Schools Columbus. Current enrollment sits at 838 students spanning grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 107% bigger than typical.

United Schools Columbus is a school of United Schools Columbus, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, United Schools Columbus logs that 65% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest looks like 13% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 10% White. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, United Schools Columbus logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 39.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate 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%. Across Franklin County's 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), United Schools Columbus is one campus in the mix.

Flex High School 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.

United Schools Columbus operates from an urban location. United Schools Columbus is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 207%: 273 students in 2018 compared to 838 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 21% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 39.9:1 today.

On the community side, members of the United Schools Columbus community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.