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Imagine Columbus Primary Academy

Public, Charter Grades K-8

1513^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,560 Ohio Elementary Schools

Better than 3% of Ohio elementary schools

Summary

Imagine Columbus Primary Academy is a K–8 charter school with 283 students — roughly 31 per grade — located at 4656 Heaton Rd in the Northland area of Columbus, Ohio, where it operates as its own single-school district rather than as part of Columbus City Schools District. For 2025-26, Imagine Columbus Primary Academy ranked 1,513 of 1,560 Ohio schools (3rd percentile) with 0 stars, and its chronic absenteeism rate was 41.0% — a 13-point jump from 28.0% the year before. Per-student spending of $7,252 (2018-19, the most recent figure available) is the lowest among nearby schools, whose typical spending is roughly $10,200.

Proficiency is far below state levels in every tested grade: roughly 22.7% in English language arts and 12.0% in math, against statewide averages near 62% and 58%. Math is the weaker subject in 15 of 16 grade-year comparisons. Comparisons with nearby schools are striking. Columbus Bilingual Academy-North, 0.09 miles away, serves the same grades with nearly identical absenteeism (41.4%) and student–teacher ratio (20.1 vs. 20.2) but scores higher in nearly every reported grade. Northland Preparatory and Fitness Academy, 0.26 miles away, ranks 2nd in the state despite having the worst attendance in the group (69.5%) and a much smaller student–teacher ratio of 10.2. Imagine also has higher absenteeism than every district-run neighbor, including Parkmoor Elementary School (27.2%), Valley Forge Elementary School (31.3%), North Linden Elementary School (36.5%) and Maize Road Elementary School (37.3%).

The multi-year trend is the clearest signal: the school's statewide percentile has fallen from 18th in 2015-16 to 3rd in 2025-26, with no star rating earned since 2021-22, and it ranks below the surrounding Columbus City Schools district as a whole. Grade 7 is the relative bright spot, while grade 8 reported 0% in both math and science in 2025-26, following 5.6% in math the year before. Because each tested grade holds only a few dozen students, individual percentages swing widely from year to year, so the long-term pattern is more reliable than any single year's results.

283

Students ?

20.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,464

Per pupil spending ?

68.9%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

4656 Heaton Rd
Columbus, OH 43229-6612

(614) 433-7510

District: Imagine Columbus Primary Academy

Racial breakdown:

African American:

51.2%

Asian:

41.7%

Hispanic:

6.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 18th percentile in 2016 → 3rd in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Ohio average (16% vs 60% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 15 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school16%

Ohio avg60%

Elementary school

1,513^th of 1,560

Ohio public elementary schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 15 pts since 2016

From bottom 18% (2016) to bottom 3% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

970^th of 1,046

Ohio public middle schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 2 pts since 2024

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

758^th of 773Imagine Columbus Primary 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
2026	4.0	1513 of 1560	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.0	1478 of 1558	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.8	1476 of 1577	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.7	1438 of 1596	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.9	1412 of 1588	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	7.6	1486 of 1610	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.7	1527 of 1676	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	17.4	1382 of 1678	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	8.6	619 of 631	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	9.8	595 of 615	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.0	562 of 603	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	29.8	446 of 605	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	1.7	87 of 89	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	0.9	89 of 89	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	0.9	80 of 81	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.0	79 of 80	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	2.3	76 of 78	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	0.4	78 of 78	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	7.6	309 of 318	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.9	272 of 281	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	26.3	186 of 239	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.3	178 of 213	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	11.0	174 of 183	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	2.7	1427 of 1452	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	7.5	1352 of 1452	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.0	1372 of 1466	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.4	1356 of 1483	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.2	1351 of 1488	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.0	1368 of 1467	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.8	1288 of 1502	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	4.1	1431 of 1467	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.9	1398 of 1473	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.4	1395 of 1484	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.3	1290 of 1447	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.9	1214 of 1419	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	8.4	1308 of 1404	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.2	1331 of 1465	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	4.6	1412 of 1467	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.5	1320 of 1466	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	6.2	1403 of 1485	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.9	1353 of 1498	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.2	1373 of 1518	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	5.4	1429 of 1499	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.3	1449 of 1535	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	7.6	970 of 1046	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	4.9	1008 of 1036	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.3	953 of 1046	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2024	18.1	364 of 429	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2024	3.5	75 of 76	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	21.9	142 of 172	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2024	6.8	868 of 942	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	11.6	869 of 996	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	5.7	945 of 983	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.8	786 of 947	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆

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

Male (2026)4th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2026)3rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)2nd percentile~ school

Asian (2026)2nd percentile~ school

African American (2026)2nd percentile~ school

Female (2026)2nd percentile~ school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2026)17th percentile+10 vs school

African American (2024)15th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)13th percentile+5 vs school

Female (2024)8th percentile~ school

Asian (2024)1st percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts23%-39 vs state

Mathematics12%-46 vs state

Science8%-54 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Ohio State Tests Science (2026)		Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2026)						Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2026)						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	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
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	68.9%	2 (0.7%)	145 (51.2%)	18 (6.4%)	118 (41.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4	1513^th of 1560 public elementary schools	3.0%		6	1478^th of 1558 public elementary schools	5.1%	35	16.7	0.0	16.7	10.0	16.7	3.8	25.0	0.0	26.7	15.0	29.2	15.4	33.3	16.7	$10,464
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%)	17.6	1291^st of 1560 public elementary schools	17.2%		34.1	1077^th of 1558 public elementary schools	30.9%	214	40.5	26.7	61.3	34.0	38.1	12.8	28.2	6.7	40.3	23.4	42.9	12.8	30.8	20.0	$10,002
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	85.0%	3 (2.3%)	100 (75.2%)	20 (15.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	2 (1.5%)	7 (5.3%)	95.4	2^nd of 1560 public elementary schools	99.9%		67	588^th of 1558 public elementary schools	62.3%	586		82.4	100.0	100.0		92.3	85.7	70.6	100.0	100.0		92.3	71.4	64.7	$13,725
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	65.7%	11 (3.4%)	198 (61.7%)	68 (21.2%)	26 (8.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.3%)	17.5	1294^th of 1560 public elementary schools	17.1%		15.9	1312^th of 1558 public elementary schools	15.8%	18	25.0		50.0	34.4	18.2				47.2	34.4	52.3				$13,202
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	57.6%	27 (8.9%)	194 (63.8%)	38 (12.5%)	14 (4.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (9.9%)	30.3	1134^th of 1560 public elementary schools	27.3%		41.3	1008^th of 1558 public elementary schools	35.3%	126	40.8		49.1	52.4	28.6				41.8	57.1	63.3				$14,525
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	42.9%	24 (7.7%)	160 (51.6%)	86 (27.7%)	29 (9.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.2%)	17.4	1295^th of 1560 public elementary schools	17.0%		23.5	1207^th of 1558 public elementary schools	22.5%	88	41.4		43.6	46.7	20.7				33.3	40.0	41.4				$13,073
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	59.8%	9 (1.4%)	454 (71.3%)	90 (14.1%)	55 (8.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.1%)	11.7	1377^th of 1560 public elementary schools	11.7%		12.8	1360^th of 1558 public elementary schools	12.7%	17	34.5	30.4	38.2	27.0	20.0	22.0	23.9	25.0	32.4	30.2	47.3	18.0	37.0	33.9	$10,288
Avalon Elementary School	Public	K-3	5220 Avalon Ave	Columbus	43229	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5361	399	19	21.0	53.1%	19 (4.8%)	217 (54.4%)	118 (29.6%)	26 (6.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	17 (4.3%)								(n/a)			52.9						45.8						$15,190
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	56.3%	27 (5.7%)	143 (30.4%)	262 (55.6%)	4 (0.8%)	5 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	28 (5.9%)	32.9	1099^th of 1560 public elementary schools	29.6%		23.8	1201^st of 1558 public elementary schools	22.9%	102	52.5		41.3	45.0	15.5				55.6	65.0	61.0				$13,110
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	60.6%	31 (10.6%)	124 (42.5%)	111 (38.0%)	13 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.5%)	11.2	1389^th of 1560 public elementary schools	11.0%		10.3	1400^th of 1558 public elementary schools	10.1%	11	5.4		41.0	36.7	5.4				25.0	49.0	29.7				$16,509

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In the 2024-25 school year, 283 students attended Imagine Columbus Primary Academy.

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Imagine Columbus Primary Academy ranks in the bottom 3.0% of Ohio elementary schools.

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Students at Imagine Columbus Primary Academy are 51% African American, 42% Asian, 6% Hispanic.

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