Zenith Academy East

Set in Columbus, Ohio, Zenith Academy East is a tight-knit elementary school, overseen by Zenith Academy East. It caters to 178 students across grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 56% smaller than the state mean of about 404.

Zenith Academy East sits inside Zenith Academy East, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Zenith Academy East records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (87%). Other groups include 8% White, 3% 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, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,176 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Zenith Academy East is one of 402 public schools in Franklin County (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students).

Performance Academy Eastland 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.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Zenith Academy East operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Zenith Academy East has decreased 36%, going from 276 students in 2018 to 178 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 97% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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