Summary:
This area summary covers just one school — Arts & College Preparatory Academy, a high school in Columbus, Ohio, serving grades 7 through 12 with 473 students — so the information below describes that single school rather than a comparison among local peers.
On paper the school has real strengths. Its graduation rate is 98.9%, and social studies and English results are at or above Ohio averages: American Government 84.1% proficient versus 71.6% statewide, American History 75.3% versus 73.2%, 7th Grade English Language Arts 72.5% versus 62.7%, and English II 68.9% versus 62.7%. Biology is exactly at the state average of 67%. There is also clear year-over-year momentum, with 7th Grade Math jumping from 10% to 42.5% proficient and 7th Grade ELA rising from 57.1% to 72.5%.
The concerns cluster in math and science. Eighth Grade Math sits at 4.5% proficient against 52% statewide — a gap of roughly 48 points — while 8th Grade Science is 34.8% versus 61.2%, Algebra I is 45.4% versus 61.6%, 8th Grade ELA is 53.2% versus 58.3%, and Geometry is 40.3% versus 43.3%. Only 7th Grade Math improved sharply, and it still trails the state's 48.6%. Chronic absenteeism is 50.6%, meaning more than half of students are chronically absent. The school's state rank has slipped from 3 stars and the 59th percentile in 2023–2024 to 2 stars and the 44th percentile in 2025–2026, and the Arts & College Preparatory Academy district ranks 524th of 773 Ohio districts with 2 stars. Because the test results are subject-level proficiency rates rather than one schoolwide score, they are best read together instead of as a single overall rating.
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