Zenith Academy West

Zenith Academy West, a tiny elementary school in Columbus, Ohio, operated by Zenith Academy West, enrolls 141 students, covering grades K through 8. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so Zenith Academy West sits 65% below that benchmark.

Operationally, Zenith Academy West answers to Zenith Academy West, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Zenith Academy West logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%); the rest is composed of 4% White, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Zenith Academy West lists 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 35.3:1. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Franklin County shows median household income runs about $75,176, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which Zenith Academy West is one.

Nearest neighbor: Great Western Academy, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. As a public charter, Zenith Academy West runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Zenith Academy West's enrollment has edged down 35% since 2018, when it stood at 217 (now 141). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 99% to 91% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 35.3:1 today.

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