Summary:
Columbus Performance Academy is the only school in this data set — a single K–8 school in Columbus, Ohio serving 144 students, with a favorable 8-to-1 student-teacher ratio in 2024–25. With just one school, the most useful comparisons are the school against the state and against its own prior-year results, and those show a dramatic 2025–26 turnaround: the school climbed 692 rank positions, from 2 stars and the 31st percentile in 2024–25 to 4 stars and the 76th percentile in 2025–26. The Columbus Performance Academy district listing shows a 3-star, 69th-percentile rating, which is a district-level figure rather than a school-level one.
Test results in 2025–26 were strongest in math and science. Every reported math grade from 3rd through 7th beat the state average, often by a wide margin, and math averaged about 93.5% proficient versus roughly 58.7% statewide; three math grades reached 100%, and 5th grade science hit 100% against a state average of 62.7%. ELA was more uneven: it improved in every matched grade compared with 2024–25, but averaged about the state level overall, with 6th grade ELA at 30% versus 56% statewide and 7th grade ELA also below the state. Across the 11 assessments reported in both years, the school rose from roughly 39% to roughly 80% proficient while the state stayed nearly flat.
Two cautions matter for families. Chronic absenteeism for 2025–26 is 79.8%, an extremely high rate that raises questions about whether the strong results can be sustained. Also, with only 144 students, grade-level groups are tiny, so percentages can swing on a handful of students — 5th grade science, for example, went from 10% to 100%. There were no 8th grade results in 2025–26, so it is unclear whether that grade's earlier ELA weakness persisted.
Thank you for your feedback!