Summary:
A+ Arts Academy is the sole elementary public charter school serving grades K-8 in Columbus, Ohio. Based on the available data, this school is consistently underperforming, ranking in the bottom 5-10% of Ohio elementary schools over the past few years.
A+ Arts Academy has shockingly low proficiency rates on state assessments, well below state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 8% of 5th graders were proficient in science, compared to the state average of 63.4%. Math and English language arts proficiency rates were similarly dismal, ranging from 0% to 33.3% compared to state averages of 47.6% to 69.1% and 54.4% to 67.7%, respectively. The school also struggles with an extremely high chronic absenteeism rate of 74.9%, which is likely a major contributor to the poor academic performance.
Despite the low performance, A+ Arts Academy has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.6, suggesting that factors other than staffing resources may be impacting the school's ability to provide a quality education to its students. Overall, the data indicates that significant improvements are needed to address the root causes of the school's chronic underperformance and high absenteeism rates in order to better serve the students and community.
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