Schools · Columbus
Columbus, OH schools
Columbus’s public schools score well below Ohio’s averages: 26% of students are proficient in reading against 57.2% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 85.3%. Kids attend one of 71 schools through grade 8, then one of 72 high schools, one of 24 high schools and one of 19 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Columbus’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Columbus’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 76% of Ohio’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C-Test scoresDGraduation
Ohio school districts we grade (897)Better than 24%
Lower resultsHigher results
Ohio towns with similar household incomes (1,388)Better than 1%
High confidence. Built on 21,294 tested students and a graduating class of 3,197; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Ohio’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Ohio only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Ohio with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Columbus kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Columbus City)26%
State average 57.2%
Math (grades PK–12, Columbus City)15%
State average 49.7%
Graduation · class of 2020
75% graduate on time
Graduation rate
75%
OH: 85.3%
Graduating class
3,197
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #874 of 895 OH towns →
Districts
The district serving Columbus
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 268 schools in Columbus
Showing 1–30 of 268 schools
United Schools ColumbusElementary · Grades K–8 · 838 students
CCharterHorizon Science Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 774 students
C-CharterFocus Learning Academy of Northern ColumbusElementary · Grades K–8 · 721 students
DCharterIndianola Informal K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 721 students
B-PublicBolton Crossing ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–4 · 717 students
C+PublicGreat Western AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 694 students
DCharterBerwick Alternative K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 691 students
C-PublicTussing Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 647 students
B-PublicColumbus Humanities Arts and Technology AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 637 students
C-CharterHilliard Horizon Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 596 students
B-PublicDaniel Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 590 students
BPublicDarby Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–4 · 554 students
C+PublicLiberty Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 545 students
DPublicAlbert Chapman Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 529 students
A-PublicColumbus Bilingual Academy-NorthElementary · Grades K–8 · 525 students
D-CharterStarling PK-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 525 students
D-PublicOlde Orchard Alt Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 521 students
CPublicClinton Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 491 students
APublicEasthaven Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 489 students
DPublicOhio Achievement Charter Schools Inc. dba Millennium CommunElementary · Grades K–8 · 489 students
DCharterGeorgian Heights Alt Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 484 students
CPublicScottwood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 484 students
DPublicSlate Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 479 students
B-PublicEcole Kenwood French ImmersionElementary · Grades PK–5 · 474 students
B-PublicColumbus Spanish Immersion K-7 SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 471 students
CPublicHuy/A.G. Bell Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 463 students
DPublicFairmoor Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 461 students
D-PublicGables Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 446 students
CPublicLiberty Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 425 students
A-PublicDevonshire Alternative Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 414 students
DPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.