Zenith Academy

Zenith Academy, a compact combined-grade school in Columbus, Ohio, part of Zenith Academy, hosts 429 students, covering grades K through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 712 students each, so Zenith Academy sits 40% smaller than that benchmark.

Zenith Academy is a school of Zenith Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Zenith Academy records that 89% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 9% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.4:1. The state averages around 25.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Franklin County put 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. Zenith Academy is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students).

Columbus Bilingual Academy-North is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Zenith Academy operates from a downtown location. Zenith Academy 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 edged down 27%: 584 students in 2018 compared to 429 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share declined from 93% to 89%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 22.5:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

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