Summary:
This area contains just one school: Horizon Science Academy Columbus, a public high school serving grades 9–12 at 1070 Morse Rd in Columbus, with 680 students enrolled. The area summary lists one high school and no elementary, middle, or alternative schools, so there are no local peers to compare it against. The Horizon Science Academy Columbus district ranks 635 of 773 statewide — the 18th percentile, 1 star — and the school's own standing has slipped: 592 of 795 (26th percentile, 1 star) in 2025–2026, down from 558 of 855 (35th percentile, 2 stars) the previous year and 543 of 864 (37th percentile, 2 stars) in 2023–2024.
Test results are mixed. Students exceed the state in Algebra I (68.1% proficient vs. 61.6%) and American Government (76.1% vs. 71.6%), and both improved year over year. But four of six tested subjects trail the state: Geometry is furthest behind at 23.8% vs. 43.3%, a 19.5-point gap that widened sharply from 34.4% the prior year; Biology is 47.3% vs. 67.0%; English II is 50.3% vs. 62.7%; and American History is 64.1% vs. 73.2%. Averaged across all six subjects, the school sits about 8.3 points below the state, wider than its roughly 5.1-point gap a year earlier.
The graduation rate is a bright spot at 95.6%, but chronic absenteeism stands at 35.9% — more than one in three students. The student-teacher ratio was 12.8 in 2024–2025, with no state comparison provided. Free/reduced lunch data is blank, meaning it is unknown rather than zero, and the per-student spending figure of $7,279 dates from 2018–2019, so it should not be used to judge current resources.
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