Summary:
The schools in the Renaissance Academy dba Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Ac area consist of one school: Renaissance Academy dba Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Academy, an elementary school in Columbus, Ohio serving grades K–8 with 120 students.
For parents, the most encouraging news is improvement: the school rose from 0 percentile and 0 stars in 2024–2025 and 2022–2023 to 21st percentile with 1 star in 2025–2026, ranking 1,234 of 1,560. In 2025–2026, 4th grade English Language Arts reached 60%, close to the state’s 61.8%; 5th grade ELA was 54.5%, and 3rd grade math and ELA were both 53.8%. The student–teacher ratio was 11.2 in 2024–2025. However, no grade-subject met or exceeded the state proficiency rate that year, and the district summary for Renaissance Academy dba Bessie Sherrod Price Preparatory Ac ranked 707 of 773, in the 9th percentile with 0 stars.
The biggest concern is chronic absenteeism: 83.2% in 2025–2026. Test scores remain below state levels overall. Science and 5th grade math and science were reported at 0% in 2025–2026, while 8th grade ELA was 15.4% versus 58.3% statewide, math 7.7% versus 52%, and science 15.4% versus 61.2%. ELA is the relative strength, but its average was about 42.7% versus a state average of about 62.0%; math averaged about 22.3% versus 59.3%, and science averaged only 7.7%. The school improved from 9 of 12 test scores at 0% in 2024–2025 to 2 of 12 at 0% in 2025–2026, but upper grades still fall off steeply. Free/reduced lunch is unknown, per-student spending is only available for 2018–2019 at $8,390, and 7th grade results are missing for 2025–2026, so context is limited.
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