Summary
Columbus Bilingual Academy-North is a K–8 charter school serving 525 students at 2100 Morse Rd in Columbus, OH 43229, in the city's Northland area, where it operates as its own district and ranks 702nd of 773 Ohio districts (9th percentile, 0 stars). Its current school rank is 1,291 of 1,560 (17th percentile, 1 star), down from its best recent showing of 1,077 of 1,558 (31st percentile, 2 stars) in 2024–25.
Test scores run at roughly half the state average: about 30% in math (state ~58%), 28% in English language arts (state ~62%), and 34% in science (state ~62%). Third-grade math is the standout at 61.3%, statistically level with the state's 62.1% and the second-highest result in the comparison group. Results fall sharply after that — 8th-grade math 6.7%, 6th-grade math and English language arts both 12.8%, and 8th-grade English language arts 20.0%. Grades 6–8 average about 20% proficiency against about 40% in grades 3–5, so the middle-school transition, not the incoming students, is the school's central academic problem. Year-to-year swings are large, and the three-year direction is now downward.
Chronic absenteeism sits at 41.4% and has held near 40% for five years — better than Columbus City Schools District (53.8%) but nearly double Horizon Science Academy Elementary School (21.9%). The bilingual model shows real value for English Language Learners, who ranked in the 56th percentile in 2024–25 (3 stars), above this school's own 31st percentile that year, with Spanish-speaking students at the 51st. Both slipped to the 24th–25th percentile in 2025–26 but still outpaced the school overall (17th). Nearby, the closest school is Imagine Columbus Primary Academy at the 3rd percentile, while Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy posts extreme scores alongside 69.5% absenteeism, likely reflecting very small grade cohorts.
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