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Noble Academy-Columbus

Q: Is Noble Academy-Columbus a good school?

Noble Academy-Columbus ranks 1153 rd of 1558 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

1153^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,558 Ohio Elementary Schools

Better than 26% of Ohio elementary schools

Summary

Noble Academy-Columbus is a public charter elementary school serving 286 students in grades K-8 in Columbus, Ohio. The school is part of the Noble Academy-Columbus District, which is ranked 578 out of 828 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Noble Academy-Columbus has consistently ranked in the bottom 25% of Ohio elementary schools over the past 10 years, with proficiency rates significantly below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 23.8% to 61.9% in math and 28.6% to 55% in English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 47.6% to 69.1% in math and 54.4% to 67.7% in ELA. When compared to nearby higher-performing schools like Windermere Elementary and Greensview Elementary, both of which consistently rank in the top 5% and top 10% of Ohio elementary schools, respectively, Noble Academy-Columbus lags significantly behind.

The school has also struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 20% to 41.3% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. This is a common challenge for the school, as nearby schools like Colerain Elementary and Winterset Elementary also have high chronic absenteeism rates around 50%. Despite these challenges, Noble Academy-Columbus spends approximately $7,600 per student, which is lower than the spending at nearby district-run schools like Ecole Kenwood French Immersion ($11,109 per student) and Winterset Elementary ($9,870 per student).

294

Students ?

12.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,482

Per pupil spending ?

88.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1329 Bethel Rd
Columbus, OH 43220-2611

(614) 326-0687

District: Noble Academy-Columbus

Racial breakdown:

African American:

39.5%

White:

36.4%

Hispanic:

15.0%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 21st percentile in 2015 → 26th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Ohio average (42% vs 59% meeting standards)

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

!Science scores 39 pts below the Ohio average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school42%

Ohio avg59%

Elementary school

1,153^rd of 1,558

Ohio public elementary schools ?

Bottom 26%▲ up 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 26% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

660^th of 1,036

Ohio public middle schools ?

Bottom 36%▼ down 3 pts since 2015

From bottom 40% (2015) to bottom 36% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

578^th of 828Noble Academy-Columbus 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	26.9	1153 of 1558	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.4	1187 of 1577	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.3	1266 of 1596	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.7	1213 of 1588	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.5	1144 of 1610	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.7	1106 of 1676	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	35.1	1173 of 1636	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	33.3	1202 of 1651	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	35.2	1182 of 1678	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	24.8	1332 of 1684	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	45.4	1142 of 1687	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2013	47.6	1134 of 1701	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2012	41.4	1230 of 1709	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	37.6	1248 of 1686	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	61.1	842 of 1662	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2009	68.7	583 of 1610	63.8%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	60.5	191 of 615	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.5	266 of 603	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	41.5	329 of 610	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.6	277 of 601	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	63.5	125 of 533	76.5%	★★★★☆
2019	78.2	86 of 605	85.8%	★★★★☆
2018	59.0	232 of 598	61.2%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	35.6	193 of 281	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	17.2	234 of 258	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.1	219 of 239	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	24.5	168 of 213	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	48.1	87 of 183	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	54.0	72 of 169	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	39.6	96 of 174	44.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	17.0	1213 of 1452	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.7	1161 of 1466	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	8.1	1336 of 1483	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.9	1175 of 1488	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.4	1105 of 1467	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	50.5	903 of 1502	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.6	1067 of 1518	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	33.3	1044 of 1473	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.0	1082 of 1484	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.2	1117 of 1447	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.3	1027 of 1419	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.0	910 of 1404	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	55.4	740 of 1465	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	46.6	914 of 1465	37.6%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	25.2	1124 of 1466	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.2	1155 of 1485	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.3	1169 of 1498	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.7	1215 of 1518	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.0	1086 of 1499	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.6	1101 of 1535	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.8	1147 of 1536	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2024	21.3	765 of 900	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	2.1	1152 of 1175	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.9	1102 of 1190	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.0	1150 of 1215	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.8	1160 of 1242	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	5.6	1175 of 1249	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	34.3	983 of 1271	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.5	1079 of 1309	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	39.0	660 of 1036	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.6	668 of 1046	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.2	645 of 1048	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.6	675 of 1017	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.9	738 of 1037	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.6	860 of 1050	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.1	756 of 1010	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	24.5	769 of 1038	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	54.4	554 of 1050	47.2%	★★☆☆☆
2015	47.5	626 of 1035	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2014	65.6	437 of 1008	56.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	57.6	587 of 1001	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2012	61.0	524 of 989	47.0%	★★☆☆☆
2011	61.1	491 of 925	46.9%	★★☆☆☆
2010	64.0	433 of 895	51.6%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	17.8	380 of 442	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	67.8	101 of 429	76.5%	★★★★☆
2023	34.8	260 of 436	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	79.5	57 of 413	86.2%	★★★★☆
2021	84.5	34 of 385	91.2%	★★★★★
2019	30.7	282 of 405	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.9	225 of 384	41.4%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2024	21.0	729 of 942	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.8	696 of 943	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.0	690 of 910	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.2	663 of 917	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.4	703 of 897	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	46.4	562 of 983	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.1	542 of 989	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	52.8	473 of 974	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	47.7	512 of 947	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	32.6	635 of 923	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.1	782 of 945	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.2	673 of 924	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	33.5	666 of 954	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.0	570 of 958	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	55.8	454 of 963	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	34.8	637 of 946	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	9.1	848 of 933	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.5	725 of 916	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

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)69th percentile+43 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)31st percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)29th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)23rd percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)16th percentile-10 vs school

Special Education (2024)15th percentile-10 vs school

White (2025)2nd percentile-24 vs school

Middle school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)43rd percentile+7 vs school

Male (2025)30th percentile-6 vs school

Female (2024)23rd percentile-14 vs school

African American (2025)14th percentile-22 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts46%-15 vs state

Mathematics43%-13 vs state

Science24%-39 vs state

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by a parent
Saturday, April 21, 2018

This school is the worst charter school we have ever attended. The administration is HORRIBLE. Unprofessional all the way up. They lie and retaliate when you try to speak with them about it. They do not handle bullying to code. They belittle and shame students. Even in front of others. I switched my son to a new school and now he loves school again. "Horizon science academy" who have helped him bring up all his grades that slipped in Nobel. Nobel promises to tutor and help but have no follow through. DO NOT CHOSE THIS SCHOOL. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Ohio State Tests Science (2025)		Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2025)						Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2025)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Total
Noble Academy-Columbus	Public, Charter	K-8	1329 Bethel Rd	Columbus	43220	Franklin County	Noble Academy-Columbus	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 326-0687	294	23	12.7		107 (36.4%)	116 (39.5%)	44 (15.0%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.8%)	26.9	1153^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	26.0%		25.4	1187^th of 1577 public elementary schools	24.7%	34	25.0	23.8	48.3	42.9	28.1	40.0	61.9	38.1	44.8	50.0	45.2	50.0	55.0	28.6	$12,482
Winterset Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4776 Winterset Dr	Columbus	43220	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5510	326	16	20.3		141 (43.3%)	88 (27.0%)	45 (13.8%)	24 (7.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (8.0%)	41.5	1005^th of 1558 public elementary schools	35.5%		55.1	846^th of 1577 public elementary schools	46.4%	159	36.6		58.7	68.0	27.5				58.7	64.7	61.0				$12,717
Gables Elementary School	Public	K-5	1680 Becket Ave	Columbus	43235	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5499	446	21	21.2		162 (36.3%)	71 (15.9%)	84 (18.8%)	93 (20.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (7.8%)	36.1	1060^th of 1558 public elementary schools	32.0%		32.8	1105^th of 1577 public elementary schools	29.9%	45	48.1		48.3	58.8	51.9				39.3	39.7	71.7				$15,293
Mater Academy Preparatory Inc.	Public, Charter	K-4	5085 Reed Rd	Columbus	43220	Franklin County	Mater Academy Preparatory Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(614) 489-8787	56	7	8.0	57.1%	15 (26.8%)	9 (16.1%)	11 (19.6%)	1 (1.8%)	19 (33.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)								(n/a)															$31,374
Greensview Elementary School	Public	K-5	4301 Greensview Dr	Upper Arlington	43220	Franklin County	Upper Arlington City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 487-5050	483	29	16.7	9.1%	374 (77.4%)	7 (1.4%)	16 (3.3%)	67 (13.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.9%)	88	94^th of 1558 public elementary schools	94.0%		90.1	56^th of 1577 public elementary schools	96.4%	38	81.1		96.3	92.4	65.6	100.0			96.3	86.3	90.5				$16,094
Daniel Wright Elementary School	Public	K-5	2335 W Case Rd	Columbus	43235	Franklin County	Dublin City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 538-0464	590	34	17.3	65.8%	260 (44.1%)	74 (12.5%)	105 (17.8%)	87 (14.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (10.7%)	45.7	962^nd of 1558 public elementary schools	38.3%		67.7	592^nd of 1577 public elementary schools	62.5%	370	43.3		51.1	78.9	36.6				56.2	71.1	61.1				$14,371
Ecole Kenwood French Immersion	Public	PK, KG-5	3770 Shattuck Ave	Columbus	43220	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 365-5502	474	24	19.7		286 (60.3%)	93 (19.6%)	36 (7.6%)	13 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.5%)	73.4	464^th of 1558 public elementary schools	70.2%		60.8	743^rd of 1577 public elementary schools	52.9%	279	72.7		76.9	83.3	51.0				76.1	83.1	80.0				$12,978
Indian Springs Elementary School	Public	K-5	50 E Henderson Rd	Columbus	43214	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6032	396	21	18.8		217 (54.8%)	93 (23.5%)	35 (8.8%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (11.9%)	79.6	324^th of 1558 public elementary schools	79.2%		79.1	342^nd of 1577 public elementary schools	78.3%	18	77.8		84.6	83.6	76.5				73.6	78.8	81.5				$15,247
Windermere Elementary School	Public	K-5	4101 Windermere Rd	Upper Arlington	43220	Franklin County	Upper Arlington City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 487-5060	555	21	26.9	4.3%	478 (86.1%)	5 (0.9%)	18 (3.2%)	30 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.3%)	91.6	36^th of 1558 public elementary schools	97.7%		92.3	20^th of 1577 public elementary schools	98.7%	16	94.9		89.8	91.7	92.8	100.0			90.1	84.0	97.0				$14,301
Colerain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	499 E Weisheimer Rd	Columbus	43214	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6001	181	21	8.6		66 (36.5%)	76 (42.0%)	26 (14.4%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.5%)								(n/a)															$17,918

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Noble Academy-Columbus ranks 1153^rd of 1558 Ohio elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Noble Academy-Columbus?

Students at Noble Academy-Columbus are 39% African American, 36% White, 15% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

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How many students attend Noble Academy-Columbus?

In the 2024-25 school year, 294 students attended Noble Academy-Columbus.

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