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Columbus City Schools District
2.5 of 5 stars overall · Ohio School Report Card 2025-26Columbus City Schools District’s school levies cost a home about $1,019 a year for every $100,000 of its value. Its pupils’ test scores rank 597th of Ohio’s 607 districts, and in 2024-25 it spent $25,649 per student to run its schools, well over the Ohio average of $17,609. All three are the state’s own figures: the Department of Taxation’s certified tax rates, the School Report Card and the District Profile Report.
Its homes are in Clinton Township, Valleyview, Mifflin Township, Columbus, Sharon Township, Truro Township and Perry Township.
What Columbus City Schools District’s school levies cost a home
$1,019 a year for every $100,000 of a home’s value, tax year 2025
That is Columbus City Schools District’s part of the property tax bill on a home its owner lives in: 29.12 mills, after House Bill 920’s reduction and the state’s rollback credits. A home the county values at $200,000 pays about $2,039 a year for its schools; at $300,000, about $3,058.
About $200 of every $1,019 pays for buildings, equipment and the loans for them — its bond and permanent-improvement levies. The rest is day-to-day money.
Its day-to-day levies stand at 26.08 mills on the state’s 2025 rates, above Ohio’s 20-mill floor, so when the county revalues homes their rate is cut and they collect the same dollars.
A home’s value here is the county’s value for it, not a sale price. The homestead exemption, for owners 65 and over or disabled, lowers it more. The county’s, your city’s or township’s and any library levies are on the same bill on top of this: check your own bill for all of it, or see every levy behind this figure.
Homeowners 65 and over in the Columbus City Schools District school district
31% of the homes their owners live in, in the Columbus City Schools District school district, belong to someone 65 or older — about 31,000 homes.
Franklin County: 28% · Ohio: 33%
Owners who are 65 or older, or disabled, can claim Ohio’s homestead exemption, which takes part of a home’s value off the bill; most must have an income under the state’s limit. From the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–2024 five-year estimates (table B25007, owner-occupied homes by the age of the householder). A survey, so every figure has a margin of error.
2Home values
What homes are worth against what they are taxed on
What homes in Columbus City Schools District are worth, and what they’re taxed on
Since January 2009, homes in the zip codes that make up Columbus City Schools District have risen 121% in value. The district’s taxable value of homes and farms rose 106% — not smoothly, but in steps each time values are reset — and inflation 60%.
How much each has risen since 2009
What homes are worth: Zillow’s typical home value in the district’s zip codes, monthly. What they are taxed on: the district’s taxable value of homes and farms, which moves when values are reset. Inflation: U.S. consumer prices.
- What homes are worth+121%
- What they are taxed on+106%
- Inflation+60%
| Tax year | Taxable value | Change | Values reset |
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| 2025 | $11.66B | 0% | |
| 2024 | $11.66B | +2% | |
| 2023 | $11.39B | +52% | Reappraisal |
| 2022 | $7.48B | +2% | |
| 2021 | $7.34B | +1% | |
| 2020 | $7.24B | +25% | Update |
| 2019 | $5.81B | +2% | |
| 2018 | $5.73B | 0% | |
| 2017 | $5.71B | +14% | Reappraisal |
| 2016 | $4.98B | 0% |
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Taxable value is 35% of what the county appraises, for the district’s homes and farmland, so it also grows as new homes are built. Zillow publishes home values by zip code, not school district, so this follows the zip codes that make up the district, each counted by how much of it lies inside; a month in which one zip’s figure jumps by more than any market moves is left out. Values reset every three years, alternating a full reappraisal and an update, on Franklin County’s schedule. Sources: the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s District Profile Report and the Department of Taxation’s abstracts, Zillow’s Home Value Index and U.S. consumer prices (CPI-U).
3Levies & the ballot
Every levy collected here, and what is on the ballot
Every Columbus City Schools District levy still on the bill
These are the school district’s own levies. Anything else on the same bill — the county’s, your city’s, village’s or township’s, and any library, park or career-centre levy — belongs to someone else and is not in this list.
16 school levies approved by voters are still on Columbus City Schools District tax bills. The most recent was first approved in 2023, and the oldest in 1976 or earlier — the state’s records do not say which year, and why is below. Together they are 25.18 mills on a home its owner lives in, after House Bill 920’s reduction and after the state’s rollback credits — which is what is actually charged, not what the ballot said.
| First approved | Purpose | Mills on a home | Share of the district’s rate |
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| 2023 | Permanent improvement | 3.170 | 10.9% |
| 2023 | Current expense | 2.023 | 6.9% |
| 2016 | Current expense | 2.666 | 9.2% |
| 2016 | Bond repayment $125,000,000 borrowed | 0.400 | 1.4% |
| 2016 | Permanent improvement | 0.239 | 0.8% |
| 2008 | Current expense | 3.281 | 11.3% |
| 2008 | Bond repayment $164,000,000 borrowed | 0.464 | 1.6% |
| 2004 | Current expense | 2.780 | 9.5% |
| 2002 | Bond repayment $391,852,599 borrowed | 1.269 | 4.4% |
| 2002 | Permanent improvement | 0.174 | 0.6% |
| 1996 | Current expense | 1.502 | 5.2% |
| 1991 | Current expense | 2.142 | 7.4% |
| 1986 | Current expense | 1.428 | 4.9% |
| 1981 | Current expense | 1.014 | 3.5% |
| 1976 or earlier | Current expense | 1.758 | 6.0% |
| 1976 or earlier | Current expense | 0.867 | 3.0% |
| Never | Inside millage — no vote was ever taken on it | 3.946 | 13.6% |
| All | The district’s school rate | 29.123 | 100% |
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5 of them cost you more than the rate says
Ohio stopped paying the 10% and 2.5% rollback credits on new levies approved from the November 2013 ballot onward; renewals and substitute levies for older ones keep them. So 8.50 of these 29.12 mills arrive at full price, and the same millage on an older levy would cost a homeowner about an eighth less. The state’s rate file marks which levies qualify, and that mark is what this counts.
What these purposes mean
Current expense is the day-to-day money — salaries, heat, buses — and it is most of any district’s rate. Emergency and substitute levies are also day-to-day money, written to raise a fixed number of dollars a year rather than a fixed rate. Permanent improvement pays for buildings and equipment and may not be spent on salaries. Bond repayment is paying back money already borrowed, usually for a building, and it ends when the borrowing does. Classroom facilities is the state’s school-building programme, where the state pays a share and the district votes the rest.
Why some of them say “1976 or earlier”
House Bill 920 — the law that stops a levy collecting more money when values rise — took effect in 1976, so that is the first year the state tracks a reduction for. Everything voted before it is filed under 1976 and the certified records do not say which year it actually was. Statewide, 610 of Ohio’s 611 school districts have at least one, and here they are 2.63 of these 29.12 mills. So the honest reading of that row is “half a century ago at least”, not “1976”.
Tax year 2025, from the Department of Taxation’s certified rates: the school levies on one real bill, in the taxing district holding the most of this district’s home and farm value. The year is the one the state files each levy under, which is when it was first approved: a levy voters have since renewed keeps its original year, and an incremental levy’s later steps are shown with the vote they belong to. Each purpose is the state’s own, spelled one way — the certified file files “current expense” under eight different spellings. Inside millage is the up-to-ten mills a government may levy with no vote, and it is the part House Bill 920 does not hold down. Why a bill rises when a value does explains the rest.
Columbus City Schools District on the November 3, 2026 ballot
Columbus City Schools District has no tax issue on this ballot, on the Ohio Secretary of State’s list of local questions and issues as of September 18, 2026.
How its earlier votes went: since March 17, 2020, voters have decided 1 Columbus City Schools District tax issue — 1 passed and 0 failed. Of the issues asking for new money, 1 of 1 passed.
4Schools
Scores, spending and budgets
Test scoresSpendingSuperintendent payBudgetThe Report Card's figuresWhere the money comes from
Columbus City Schools District’s test scores: 597th of 607 districts
Ohio’s Performance Index scores every district on its pupils’ state tests, from 0 to 120. In 2025-26 Columbus City Schools District scored 59.4: 597th of Ohio’s 607 school districts, in the 90–100% band from the top. The state rates that achievement 2 of 5 stars, and its Progress — how much pupils grew compared with what their own earlier scores predicted — 3 of 5.
These are test scores, and test scores follow family income closely; Progress follows it much less. On the state’s own list, which also ranks community and STEM schools, Columbus City Schools District is 765th of 871. The state notes: “The Spring 2026 test results for two high schools in this district have been invalidated. This district's report card may not accurately reflect student performance in Achievement, Progress, Gap Closing, or the Overall rating. For further details, please contact the district directly.”
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| 2025-26 | 59.4 | 597 of 607 90–100% |
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| 2024-25 | 60.7 | 592 of 607 90–100% |
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| 2023-24 | 57.1 | 595 of 607 90–100% |
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| 2022-23 | 56.3 | 596 of 607 90–100% |
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| 2021-22 | — | 54.1 | 595 of 607 90–100% |
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Its schools, 2025-26
Of its 112 schools on the state’s list, Clinton Elementary School has the highest test scores: 102.4 on the Performance Index, 307th of Ohio’s 2,933 ranked schools.
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Clinton Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5 | 102.4 | 307 of 2933 10–20% |
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Ecole Kenwood French ImmersionElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 98.6 | 548 of 2933 10–20% |
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Indian Springs Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5 | 95.7 | 768 of 2933 20–30% |
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South Mifflin STEM Academy (K-6)Elementary School, grades K-6,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-6,P | 86.7 | 1523 of 2933 50–60% |
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Columbus Alternative High SchoolHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 85.9 | 1592 of 2933 50–60% |
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Indianola Informal K-8 SchoolElementary School, grades K-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-8 | 84.6 | 1692 of 2933 50–60% |
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Alpine Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-3,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-3,P | 83.2 | 1786 of 2933 60–70% |
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Northgate IntermediateElementary School, grades 4-5. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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4-5 | 82.4 | 1854 of 2933 60–70% |
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Winterset Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 82.3 | 1863 of 2933 60–70% |
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Colerain Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 80.6 | 1963 of 2933 60–70% |
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Cranbrook Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 77.9 | 2134 of 2933 70–80% |
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Dominion Middle SchoolMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 77.2 | 2160 of 2933 70–80% |
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Avalon Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-3. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-3 | 74.1 | 2287 of 2933 70–80% |
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Columbus Spanish Immersion K-7 SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 73.8 | 2295 of 2933 70–80% |
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Binns Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 73.6 | 2298 of 2933 70–80% |
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Gables Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5 | 73.2 | 2313 of 2933 70–80% |
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Parkmoor Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 73.1 | 2315 of 2933 70–80% |
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Centennial High SchoolHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 72.1 | 2350 of 2933 80–90% |
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Stewart Alternative Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-6,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-6,P | 71.2 | 2376 of 2933 80–90% |
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Westgate Alternative Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 70.1 | 2403 of 2933 80–90% |
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Columbus Africentric Early College ESElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 69.8 | 2415 of 2933 80–90% |
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Cedarwood Alternative Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 69.2 | 2427 of 2933 80–90% |
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Columbus City Preparatory School for GirlsMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 68.0 | 2463 of 2933 80–90% |
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Siebert Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-6,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-6,P | 67.9 | 2466 of 2933 80–90% |
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Georgian Heights Alt Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 67.4 | 2476 of 2933 80–90% |
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Olde Orchard Alt Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 66.8 | 2493 of 2933 80–90% |
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Duxberry Park Alternative Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 66.7 | 2495 of 2933 80–90% |
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Whetstone High SchoolHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 66.7 | 2496 of 2933 80–90% |
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Ridgeview Middle SchoolMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 66.2 | 2511 of 2933 80–90% |
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Valley Forge Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 66.0 | 2518 of 2933 80–90% |
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Fort Hayes Arts and Academic HSHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 65.7 | 2526 of 2933 80–90% |
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Woodward Park Middle SchoolMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 65.4 | 2533 of 2933 80–90% |
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Berwick Alternative K-8 SchoolElementary School, grades P,K-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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P,K-8 | 65.3 | 2536 of 2933 80–90% |
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Northtowne Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 65.1 | 2543 of 2933 80–90% |
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Devonshire Alternative Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 64.6 | 2549 of 2933 80–90% |
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Cassady Alternative Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 64.3 | 2553 of 2933 80–90% |
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Oakland Park Alternative ElementaryElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 64.0 | 2557 of 2933 80–90% |
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Forest Park Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 63.7 | 2565 of 2933 80–90% |
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Easthaven Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 63.6 | 2568 of 2933 80–90% |
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World Language Middle SchoolMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 63.6 | 2569 of 2933 80–90% |
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Woodcrest Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 63.5 | 2571 of 2933 80–90% |
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Huy/A.G. Bell Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 63.2 | 2579 of 2933 80–90% |
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Lindbergh Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 61.8 | 2604 of 2933 80–90% |
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Oakmont Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 61.7 | 2605 of 2933 80–90% |
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Shady Lane Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 61.7 | 2606 of 2933 80–90% |
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Maize Road Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 61.5 | 2610 of 2933 80–90% |
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East Linden Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 61.4 | 2612 of 2933 80–90% |
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Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 60.9 | 2619 of 2933 80–90% |
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West Mound Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 60.7 | 2624 of 2933 80–90% |
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Hubbard Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 60.5 | 2628 of 2933 80–90% |
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Como Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 59.5 | 2641 of 2933 90–100% |
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Innis Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5 | 59.4 | 2645 of 2933 90–100% |
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Parsons Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 59.4 | 2646 of 2933 90–100% |
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Broadleigh Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5 | 58.8 | 2659 of 2933 90–100% |
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Arts Impact Middle School (Aims)Middle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 58.7 | 2662 of 2933 90–100% |
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Salem Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 58.6 | 2666 of 2933 90–100% |
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West Broad Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 58.4 | 2668 of 2933 90–100% |
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Fairwood Alternative Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-6,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-6,P | 58.1 | 2675 of 2933 90–100% |
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Eastmoor AcademyHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 57.9 | 2677 of 2933 90–100% |
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Avondale Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 57.7 | 2679 of 2933 90–100% |
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Wedgewood Middle SchoolMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 57.7 | 2681 of 2933 90–100% |
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East High SchoolHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 57.6 | 2685 of 2933 90–100% |
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Leawood Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 57.1 | 2695 of 2933 90–100% |
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North Linden Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 57.1 | 2696 of 2933 90–100% |
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Ohio Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 56.8 | 2703 of 2933 90–100% |
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Marion-Franklin High SchoolHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 56.3 | 2706 of 2933 90–100% |
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Weinland Park Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 55.7 | 2713 of 2933 90–100% |
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East Columbus Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 55.6 | 2717 of 2933 90–100% |
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Scottwood Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 55.0 | 2731 of 2933 90–100% |
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Beechcroft High SchoolHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 54.7 | 2738 of 2933 90–100% |
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Sherwood Middle SchoolMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 54.7 | 2739 of 2933 90–100% |
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South High SchoolHigh School, grades 7-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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7-12 | 54.6 | 2741 of 2933 90–100% |
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Columbus City Preparatory School for BoysMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 54.6 | 2742 of 2933 90–100% |
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Southwood Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-6,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-6,P | 54.4 | 2746 of 2933 90–100% |
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Valleyview Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 54.3 | 2747 of 2933 90–100% |
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Hamilton STEM Academy (K-6)Elementary School, grades K-6,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-6,P | 54.2 | 2748 of 2933 90–100% |
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Watkins Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 53.5 | 2756 of 2933 90–100% |
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Northland High SchoolHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 53.5 | 2757 of 2933 90–100% |
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Trevitt Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 52.5 | 2773 of 2933 90–100% |
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Fairmoor Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 52.4 | 2775 of 2933 90–100% |
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Yorktown Middle SchoolMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 51.6 | 2780 of 2933 90–100% |
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Lincoln Park Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-6,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-6,P | 51.3 | 2786 of 2933 90–100% |
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Columbus International High SchoolHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 51.2 | 2790 of 2933 90–100% |
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Columbus Africentric Early College High SchoolHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 51.1 | 2792 of 2933 90–100% |
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Briggs High SchoolHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 50.8 | 2801 of 2933 90–100% |
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Livingston Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-6,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-6,P | 50.6 | 2807 of 2933 90–100% |
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Linden STEM Academy (K-6)Elementary School, grades K-6,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-6,P | 50.5 | 2811 of 2933 90–100% |
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Mifflin High SchoolHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 50.5 | 2812 of 2933 90–100% |
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Medina Middle SchoolMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 50.1 | 2816 of 2933 90–100% |
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Sullivant Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 49.5 | 2827 of 2933 90–100% |
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Columbus Africentric Early College Middle SchoolMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 49.3 | 2831 of 2933 90–100% |
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Buckeye Middle SchoolMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 48.1 | 2848 of 2933 90–100% |
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Eakin Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 48.1 | 2851 of 2933 90–100% |
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Westmoor Middle SchoolMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 47.5 | 2858 of 2933 90–100% |
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Hilltonia Middle SchoolMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 46.9 | 2862 of 2933 90–100% |
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Moler Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-6,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-6,P | 46.6 | 2866 of 2933 90–100% |
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Mifflin Alternative Middle SchoolMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 45.9 | 2872 of 2933 90–100% |
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Champion Middle SchoolMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 45.1 | 2876 of 2933 90–100% |
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Eastgate Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 44.4 | 2878 of 2933 90–100% |
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Johnson Park Middle SchoolMiddle School, grades 6-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-8 | 44.1 | 2882 of 2933 90–100% |
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Windsor STEM Academy (K-6)Elementary School, grades K-6,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-6,P | 44.0 | 2886 of 2933 90–100% |
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Starling PK-8Elementary School, grades P,K-8. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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P,K-8 | 43.6 | 2891 of 2933 90–100% |
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Linden-McKinley STEM AcademyHigh School, grades 7-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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7-12 | 43.4 | 2892 of 2933 90–100% |
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Burroughs Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 43.0 | 2895 of 2933 90–100% |
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West High SchoolHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 42.6 | 2899 of 2933 90–100% |
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Columbus Online AcademyHigh School, grades 7-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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7-12 | 42.0 | 2902 of 2933 90–100% |
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Highland Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5,P. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5,P | 40.1 | 2911 of 2933 90–100% |
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Beatty Park Elementary SchoolElementary School, grades K-5. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K-5 | 37.3 | 2920 of 2933 90–100% |
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Independence High SchoolHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 32.1 | 2930 of 2933 90–100% |
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Walnut Ridge High SchoolHigh School, grades 9-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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9-12 | 32.0 | 2931 of 2933 90–100% |
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Special Education CenterUngraded, grades K,1-12,UNG. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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K,1-12,UNG | 30.9 | 2932 of 2933 90–100% |
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Columbus Scioto 6-12High School, grades 6-12. Each school year: its Performance Index, its place among Ohio’s ranked schools, and its stars overall.
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6-12 | 29.0 | 2933 of 2933 90–100% |
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Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, Performance Index and Value-Added rankings and the Report Card’s overall and component ratings, School Report Card downloads. Ranked here among the traditional districts (and their schools); a tie shares a rank. Every district and county.
What Columbus City Schools District spends per student
In 2024-25, Columbus City Schools District spent $25,649 per student to run its schools. That pays for teachers, buses, utilities and supplies for its 43,999 enrolled students; the cost of building schools and paying off their loans isn’t included. 44% of it went to teaching, compared with 57% statewide. The figures are the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s District Profile Report.
It had the equivalent of 2,892 full-time teachers that year, 15.2 students for each, against 14.2 across Ohio.
The state’s School Report Card shows $16,135 for the same money, because it divides by weighted pupils: why the two differ.
Ohio overall: 57%
Ohio overall: 10%
Ohio overall: 111
Ohio overall: 14
What each Columbus City Schools District student’s $25,649 pays for
Where it went in 2024-25, in the state’s own categories, with its building category split into running buildings, buses and school meals. They add to the $25,649 per student to the dollar, because they are the state’s own split of it.
- Teaching$11,342 per student 44%
- Running buildings$3,971 per student 15%
- Administration$3,791 per student 15%
- Pupil support$2,751 per student 11%
- Buses$1,708 per student 7%
- Staff support$1,270 per student 5%
- School meals$817 per student 3%
Administration is the state’s category and it includes every building principal’s office, not only the board and the central office, as the state’s Expenditure Flow Model handbook sets out.
How that share has moved
The teaching share for this district, every year we hold, drawn as one line per set of the department’s definitions. The gaps are deliberate: the categories were re-cut in FY2013 and the pupil count changed in FY2022, so a line across either would draw a definition as a decision this district made.
Share of Columbus City Schools District’s spending that goes to teaching
Ohio District Profile Reports for this district, as published. One district’s single year can move several points and come back — a building project, a grant, a year a category was filed differently — so read the run rather than the point. FY2014’s revenue figures are a known bad workbook statewide; its spending figures, which are what this chart draws, are not affected.
- FY22–FY2544.22%
- FY13–FY2158.63%
- FY10–FY1249.09%
What Columbus City Schools District pays its superintendent
In 2024-25, Columbus City Schools District paid its superintendent $274,600, high for a district of its size: the middle half of the 12 districts with 10,000 or more pupils paid $214,978 to $267,400. With what a contract usually adds, the retirement pickup, an annuity and allowances, that comes to about $332,000. The salary is 3.1 times its average teacher’s, $88,105; in Ohio’s middle district it is 2.0.
Its treasurer, who keeps the district’s books, was paid $200,000, high for a district of its size.
From 2005-06 to 2024-25, its superintendent’s salary went from $174,632 to $274,600: +57%, against +43% for Ohio’s middle district and +60% for prices.
Columbus City Schools District’s superintendent, 2005-06 to 2024-25
Salaries as paid in each year, one person in the post all year. A step is often a new superintendent. No point for 2017-18, 2022-23, when the post changed hands, was shared or was reported for part of the year; the line runs straight across.
- This district$274,600
- Ohio's middle district$135,594
The state’s figures; the package is our estimate. Every district in Franklin County, and how the estimate is made →
Columbus City Schools District’s budget forecast
What the district itself forecasts, in the budget it files with the state — the Fiscal Year 2027 First Required Forecast (Fall).
- Cash, June 30, 2026
- $310.4M
- Runs short
- FY2030
- New levy in the forecast
- None
3.9 months of that year’s spending
on its own forecast, if its levies are renewed and no new one passes
it counts no levy voters have not approved
The full budget: cash, unencumbered and unreserved balances, and every line of the forecast →
Columbus City Schools District’s own notes and assumptions for this forecast (PDF) →
Why the state’s Report Card shows different numbers
Ohio publishes two sets of school spending figures, and both are the state’s own. This page uses the District Profile Report: day-to-day spending divided by the pupils actually enrolled. Columbus City Schools District’s School Report Card works it out differently:
- Its per-pupil figure is lower. It divides by weighted pupils (Financial Data Technical Documentation): students with disabilities, economically disadvantaged students and English learners count as more than one pupil. In 2024-25 Columbus City Schools District spent $1,128,521,955 on day-to-day costs. This page divides that by the 43,999 pupils enrolled: $25,649. The Report Card divides the same money by 69,942 weighted pupils: $16,135. Its newest edition may be for a later year than this page.
- Its classroom share is higher. Its “classroom instruction” adds pupil support (counselling, nurses, psychologists) and staff training to teaching. Counted that way, this page’s figures come to 60% here.
Where Columbus City Schools District’s money comes from
2024-25: every dollar that came in, from every source — $23,166 a student — and who it came from. It is not all spent on running the schools in the same year, so it does not match the spending above.
| Source | Total | Per student | Share |
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| Local taxes | $621.1M | $14,117 | 61% |
| The state | $195.5M | $4,442 | 19% |
| Washington | $143.3M | $3,256 | 14% |
| Fees, tuition and interest | $59.4M | $1,351 | 6% |
| All of it | $1.02B | $23,166 | 100% |
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Where the money comes from is the state’s split, by the accounting code each district files it under. A district’s bookkeeping can put local money, such as payments from development (TIF) districts, in another column.
Property tax billed for tax year 2024, on every kind of property in the district (the career-tech district’s levies aside): $13,416 a pupil — of which the state pays $894 as rollback and homestead credits, and owners pay the rest. It is not a slice of the local line above: that line is money received in the 2025 school year, the two cover different years, and not every bill is paid.
Taxable value behind it: $399,450 a pupil, so each mill of tax raises about $399 a pupil. Where the state’s share comes from, including the lottery.
The rest of Franklin County
Every district with homes in the county, largest presence first. Columbus City Schools District is one of 22.
South-Western City · Hilliard City · Dublin City · Upper Arlington City · Worthington City · Westerville City · Gahanna-Jefferson City · New Albany-Plain Local · Groveport Madison Local · Bexley City · Reynoldsburg City · Canal Winchester Local · Licking Heights Local · Grandview Heights Schools · Hamilton Local · Whitehall City · Madison-Plains Local · Pickerington Local · Olentangy Local · Jonathan Alder Local · Teays Valley Local
Franklin County’s own page has what its homes are billed and where that money goes; the statewide picture has the same figures for all 606 districts in the state’s report, the ones it leaves out, and what the data cannot say.
This is an estimate built from public records — not tax, legal or financial advice, and not an appraisal. Only your county’s own statement is authoritative about your bill. If you’re thinking of challenging your value, confirm the details with your county’s Board of Revision or a property-tax professional. The full terms.