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Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy

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Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy ranks 588 th of 1558 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

588^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,558 Ohio Elementary Schools

Better than 62% of Ohio elementary schools

Summary

Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy is a public charter elementary school serving 161 students in grades K-8 in Columbus, Ohio. The school is part of the Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy District, which is ranked 396 out of 828 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy has shown mixed academic performance compared to state averages. While the school has outperformed the state in some grade levels and subjects, such as 3rd grade math and 3rd/4th grade ELA, it has significantly underperformed in other areas, particularly in middle school math and science. The school's performance has been inconsistent over the years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 588 to 1551 out of over 1,500 Ohio elementary schools. However, the school performs better than the nearby Columbus City Schools district elementary schools, which generally have lower academic performance and higher chronic absenteeism rates.

One notable bright spot for Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy is its strong performance for its African American and low socioeconomic status student subgroups, ranking in the top 25% and top 40% of Ohio elementary schools, respectively, in recent years. This suggests the school may have effective strategies or programs in place to support these student groups. However, the school has struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, reaching as high as 68.2% in the 2024-2025 school year, significantly above the state average. Addressing this issue should be a top priority, as improving student attendance could lead to substantial gains in academic achievement.

133

Students ?

10.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,725

Per pupil spending ?

95%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1875 Morse Rd
Columbus, OH 43229-6603

(614) 318-0600

District: Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy

Racial breakdown:

African American:

75.2%

Hispanic:

15.0%

Two or more races:

5.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 17th percentile in 2015 → 62nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 45 percentile points since 2015

✓Above the Ohio median (62nd percentile)

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Science scores 16 pts below the Ohio average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school58%

Ohio avg58%

Elementary school

588^th of 1,558

Ohio public elementary schools ?

Top 38%▲ up 45 pts since 2015

From bottom 17% (2015) to top 38% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

605^th of 1,036

Ohio public middle schools ?

Bottom 42%▲ up 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 34% (2015) to bottom 42% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

396^th of 828Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy among Ohio districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	67.0	588 of 1558	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	70.2	533 of 1577	66.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	31.4	1137 of 1596	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.9	1293 of 1588	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.6	1068 of 1610	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.5	1095 of 1676	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	15.1	1388 of 1636	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	6.2	1551 of 1651	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	9.6	1510 of 1678	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.7	1396 of 1684	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	32.6	1286 of 1687	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	19.3	1435 of 1701	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	27.9	1377 of 1709	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	41.8	1213 of 1686	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	23.2	1368 of 1662	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	17.4	1404 of 1610	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	8.6	1469 of 1582	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	13.8	1439 of 1609	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	92.1	21 of 615	96.6%	★★★★★
2024	94.2	14 of 603	97.7%	★★★★★
2023	62.2	160 of 610	73.8%	★★★★☆
2022	19.6	513 of 601	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	70.6	94 of 533	82.4%	★★★★☆
2019	68.5	140 of 605	76.9%	★★★★☆
2018	39.4	366 of 598	38.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2023	17.3	1205 of 1483	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	7.4	1369 of 1488	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	38.8	941 of 1467	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	32.7	1108 of 1502	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.6	1175 of 1518	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	72.1	398 of 1473	73.0%	★★★★☆
2024	81.8	163 of 1484	89.0%	★★★★☆
2023	42.9	895 of 1447	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	6.3	1356 of 1419	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	44.1	799 of 1404	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	55.0	748 of 1465	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	19.3	1262 of 1465	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2024	63.7	631 of 1485	57.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	20.9	1137 of 1499	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.7	1013 of 1535	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	11.0	1380 of 1536	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	45.1	605 of 1036	41.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	64.8	403 of 1046	61.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	19.4	814 of 1048	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.8	869 of 1017	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.7	814 of 1037	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.3	842 of 1050	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.2	868 of 1010	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	6.0	977 of 1038	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	12.8	901 of 1050	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	39.5	685 of 1035	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2014	32.5	761 of 1008	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	28.9	782 of 1001	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	47.9	667 of 989	32.6%	★★☆☆☆
2011	14.1	808 of 925	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	32.1	703 of 895	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	13.6	754 of 858	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	10.4	761 of 835	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	39.9	617 of 837	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	77.7	66 of 442	85.1%	★★★★☆
2024	89.1	27 of 429	93.7%	★★★★★
2023	40.3	225 of 436	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.8	255 of 413	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	44.9	169 of 385	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	35.7	257 of 405	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.5	306 of 384	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	26.0	707 of 938	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.1	776 of 910	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	54.1	465 of 983	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	77.5	161 of 989	83.7%	★★★★☆
2023	27.3	726 of 974	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.5	796 of 947	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.1	677 of 923	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.4	761 of 945	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.4	802 of 924	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2023	18.7	767 of 963	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.5	725 of 924	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.6	723 of 933	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	8.3	840 of 916	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

African American (2025)97th percentile+34 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)73rd percentile+11 vs school

Male (2024)58th percentile-9 vs school

Female (2023)19th percentile-10 vs school

Middle school

African American (2025)85th percentile+43 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)53rd percentile+11 vs school

Female (2025)25th percentile-17 vs school

Male (2023)20th percentile~ school

By subject vs Ohio (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts67%+8 vs state

Mathematics51%-6 vs state

Science47%-16 vs state

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Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1875 Morse Rd	Columbus	43229	Franklin County	Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 318-0600	133	13	10.2		3 (2.3%)	100 (75.2%)	20 (15.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.5%)	7 (5.3%)	67	588^th of 1558 public elementary schools	62.3%		70.2	533^rd of 1577 public elementary schools	66.2%	55		47.1	83.3	54.5		56.3	13.3	47.1	100.0	72.7		50.0	60.0	50.0	$13,725
Columbus Bilingual Academy-North	Public, Charter	K-8	2100 Morse Rd	Columbus	43229	Franklin County	Columbus Bilingual Academy-North	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 547-4500	525	26	20.1		8 (1.5%)	30 (5.7%)	482 (91.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	34.1	1077^th of 1558 public elementary schools	30.9%		32.8	1106^th of 1577 public elementary schools	29.9%	29	49.1	60.5	67.9	81.4	37.7	43.2	22.9	34.2	41.5	27.9	35.8	34.1	33.3	28.9	$10,002
Imagine Columbus Primary Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	4656 Heaton Rd	Columbus	43229	Franklin County	Imagine Columbus Primary Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 433-7510	283	14	20.2		2 (0.7%)	145 (51.2%)	18 (6.4%)	118 (41.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6	1478^th of 1558 public elementary schools	5.1%		6.8	1476^th of 1577 public elementary schools	6.4%	2	13.8	0.0	15.4	17.4	24.1	0.0	0.0	5.6	26.9	30.4	34.5	5.9	29.4	11.1	$10,464
Northtowne Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4767 Northtowne Blvd	Columbus	43229	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5488	321	16	20.0		11 (3.4%)	198 (61.7%)	68 (21.2%)	26 (8.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.3%)	15.9	1312^th of 1558 public elementary schools	15.8%		9.4	1415^th of 1577 public elementary schools	10.3%	103	33.3		39.4	37.8	17.8				39.4	40.5	44.4				$13,202
Columbus Humanities Arts and Technology Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	1333 Morse Rd	Columbus	43229	Franklin County	Columbus Humanities Arts and Technology Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 261-1200	637	25	25.4		9 (1.4%)	454 (71.3%)	90 (14.1%)	55 (8.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.1%)	12.8	1360^th of 1558 public elementary schools	12.7%		17.6	1283^rd of 1577 public elementary schools	18.6%	77	14.9	36.1	36.8	31.5	10.6	19.6	33.3	18.0	36.2	48.1	34.0	25.5	48.1	23.0	$10,288
Columbus Spanish Immersion K-7 School	Public	PK, KG-5	3940 Karl Rd	Columbus	43224	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-8129	471	23	20.4		27 (5.7%)	143 (30.4%)	262 (55.6%)	4 (0.8%)	5 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.9%)	23.8	1201^st of 1558 public elementary schools	22.9%		20.8	1248^th of 1577 public elementary schools	20.9%	47	41.2		54.0	32.8	11.5				61.9	42.2	39.6				$13,110
Valley Forge Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1321 Urban Dr	Columbus	43229	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5648	310	22	14.0		24 (7.7%)	160 (51.6%)	86 (27.7%)	29 (9.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.2%)	23.5	1207^th of 1558 public elementary schools	22.5%		27.3	1166^th of 1577 public elementary schools	26.1%	41	40.7		54.8	37.0	33.3				38.7	40.7	51.9				$13,073
North Linden Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1718 E Cooke Rd	Columbus	43224	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6055	292	19	15.3		31 (10.6%)	124 (42.5%)	111 (38.0%)	13 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.5%)	10.3	1400^th of 1558 public elementary schools	10.1%		8.6	1436^th of 1577 public elementary schools	8.9%	36	25.6		47.6	17.6	28.2				27.9	14.3	28.2				$16,509
Parkmoor Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1711 Penworth Dr	Columbus	43229	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5349	304	17	17.8		27 (8.9%)	194 (63.8%)	38 (12.5%)	14 (4.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (9.9%)	41.3	1008^th of 1558 public elementary schools	35.3%		40.9	1025^th of 1577 public elementary schools	35.0%	17	56.1		66.0	60.4	31.7				44.7	50.0	70.7				$14,525
Maize Road Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4360 Maize Rd	Columbus	43224	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6040	334	19	17.5		55 (16.5%)	174 (52.1%)	67 (20.1%)	18 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.0%)	11.1	1384^th of 1558 public elementary schools	11.2%		7.3	1463^rd of 1577 public elementary schools	7.2%	79	13.9		40.0	42.1	13.9				33.3	28.9	38.9				$14,030

Frequently Asked Questions about Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy

Is Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy a good school?

Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy ranks 588^th of 1558 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 133 students attended Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy?

Students at Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy are 75% African American, 15% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% White, 2% Pacific Islander.

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