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Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School

Public Grades 9-12

651^st

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 795 Ohio High Schools

Better than 18% of Ohio high schools

Summary

Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School is a Columbus City Schools District high school serving grades 9–12 at 546 Jack Gibbs Blvd in Columbus, Ohio, enrolling 752 students—one of the larger high schools in this nearby comparison set—and sharing its campus with the much smaller Fort Hayes Career Center.

Academically, Fort Hayes is a 1-star school that ranked 651st of 795 Ohio high schools in 2025–2026, about the 18th percentile, and its rank has mostly stayed between the 16th and 25th percentiles for a decade without a sustained breakthrough. Its clearest strength is getting students to the finish line: the 2025–2026 graduation rate was 95.9%, far above the district’s 81.5% and well ahead of nearby East High School (71.7%), South High School (80.1%), Charles School at Ohio Dominican University (65.2%), and The Academy for Urban Scholars (63.7%). At the same time, 64.7% of students were chronically absent—higher than the district’s 53.8%, though improved from 71.8% in 2021–2022 and better than East, South, Flex High School, and Central High School.

Test results are sharply split. Fort Hayes beats the district in American Government (59.0%), American History (66.7%), Biology (55.2%), and English II (60.0%), with English II close to the state’s 62.7%. Math is the opposite: Geometry proficiency is 12.4% and Algebra I is 15.0%, both below the district and far below state averages, and this has been a multi-year pattern rather than a one-year dip. Two groups need attention: Special Education students ranked at the 4th percentile and Gifted and Talented students at the 11th percentile in 2025–2026. The student-teacher ratio was 19.7 in 2024–2025, less favorable than East’s 14.3 and South’s 15.0.

752

Students ?

19.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,925

Per pupil spending ?

81.0%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

546 Jack Gibbs Blvd
Columbus, OH 43215-1720

(614) 365-6681

District: Columbus City Schools District

Racial breakdown:

African American:

64.8%

White:

14.0%

Hispanic:

12.5%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 24th percentile in 2016 → 18th in 2026

Strengths

✓96% graduate within 4 years

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Columbus City Schools District

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Ohio average (45% vs 63% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 6 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school45%

District avg34%

Ohio avg63%

651^st of 795

Ohio public high schools ?

Bottom 18%▼ down 5 pts since 2016

From bottom 24% (2016) to bottom 18% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

4^th of 17High Schools in the Columbus City Schools District

683^rd of 773Columbus City Schools District 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	21.5	651 of 795	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.5	693 of 855	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.2	650 of 864	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.1	673 of 867	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.5	657 of 836	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.1	663 of 819	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.7	638 of 836	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.9	634 of 800	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.9	646 of 773	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	35.2	599 of 784	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	28.3	643 of 778	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	31.5	642 of 769	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	43.8	588 of 767	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	48.0	608 of 832	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	45.7	615 of 818	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	46.7	595 of 819	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	48.4	565 of 791	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	56.7	440 of 767	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2007	54.8	459 of 756	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2006	54.0	402 of 696	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2005	52.1	397 of 689	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2004	63.7	272 of 681	60.1%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	32.6	205 of 296	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	27.6	234 of 328	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	39.5	181 of 318	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.6	207 of 323	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.7	177 of 306	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.3	180 of 284	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	49.5	151 of 303	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.6	152 of 279	45.5%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2022	23.0	492 of 606	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.3	484 of 596	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.6	416 of 628	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.6	401 of 550	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2021	35.5	74 of 119	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	72.3	26 of 112	76.8%	★★★★☆
2018	62.2	32 of 100	68.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	22.2	642 of 763	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	15.7	678 of 809	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.0	637 of 798	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.1	674 of 813	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.7	664 of 794	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.0	668 of 775	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.1	632 of 781	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.4	633 of 751	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	29.4	253 of 283	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.7	228 of 244	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.7	272 of 280	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.5	300 of 308	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.6	302 of 312	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	1.9	345 of 349	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.8	268 of 272	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	0.6	534 of 538	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	44.4	175 of 272	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	44.0	169 of 270	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	50.7	141 of 273	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.2	212 of 270	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.4	186 of 260	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	45.0	139 of 239	41.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	44.7	133 of 207	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	59.0	80 of 184	56.5%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	28.4	617 of 761	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.2	662 of 815	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.4	618 of 822	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.9	627 of 805	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.0	581 of 773	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.3	613 of 763	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.0	564 of 779	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.9	582 of 758	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	18.7	647 of 765	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	12.8	695 of 817	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.5	658 of 816	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.8	671 of 819	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.1	619 of 808	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.8	666 of 778	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.9	646 of 792	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.3	639 of 763	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	42.7	146 of 240	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	17.4	221 of 254	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	68.1	76 of 239	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	39.2	141 of 222	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.6	144 of 211	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.4	128 of 208	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	56.4	84 of 201	58.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	13.7	550 of 575	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	26.5	482 of 617	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.0	399 of 598	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.9	489 of 614	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	40.4	486 of 709	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	42.2	497 of 748	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.6	473 of 754	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.4	480 of 756	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.3	571 of 749	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.1	568 of 727	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	43.4	488 of 739	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	19.6	606 of 718	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Multi-racial (2026)39th percentile+21 vs school

English Language Learner (2021)38th percentile+19 vs school

Hispanic (2026)36th percentile+18 vs school

White (2026)31st percentile+13 vs school

African American (2026)31st percentile+13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)19th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)19th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2026)16th percentile~ school

Male (2026)15th percentile-3 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)11th percentile-8 vs school

Special Education (2026)4th percentile-14 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?

American History67%-6 vs state

English II60%-3 vs state

American Government59%-13 vs state

Biology55%-12 vs state

Algebra I15%-47 vs state

Geometry12%-31 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Ohio State Tests Science (2026)	Ohio State Tests American Government (2026)	Ohio State Tests American History (2026)	Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2026)		Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2026)		Ohio State Tests Biology (2026)	Ohio State Tests English II (2026)	Ohio State Tests Geometry (2026)	Ohio State Tests Algebra I (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 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests American Government End of Course	Ohio State Tests American History End of Course	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Biology End of Course	Ohio State Tests English II End of Course	Ohio State Tests Geometry End of Course	Ohio State Tests Algebra I End of Course	Total
Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School	Public	9-12	546 Jack Gibbs Blvd	Columbus	43215	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6681	752	38	19.7	81.0%	105 (14.0%)	487 (64.8%)	94 (12.5%)	16 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (6.6%)	21.5	651^st of 795 public high schools	18.1%		16.5	693^rd of 855 public high schools	18.9%	42		59.0	66.7					55.2	60.0	12.4	15.0	$17,925
Fort Hayes Career Center	Public	10-12	546 Jack Gibbs Blvd	Columbus	43215	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 365-6681	102	28	3.6	—	54 (52.9%)	34 (33.3%)	2 (2.0%)	3 (2.9%)	1 (1.0%)	1 (1.0%)	7 (6.9%)								(n/a)
Early College Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	137 E State St	Columbus	43215	Franklin County	Early College Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 298-4742	114	8	15.2	—	7 (6.1%)	85 (74.6%)	18 (15.8%)	3 (2.6%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)												$8,938
Columbus Downtown High School	Public	11-12	365 S 4th St	Columbus	43215	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 365-2283	48	36	1.3	93.8%	30 (62.5%)	12 (25.0%)	5 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
East High School	Public	9-12	1500 E Broad St	Columbus	43205	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6096	431	30	14.3	58.9%	24 (5.6%)	340 (78.9%)	45 (10.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.6%)	8.5	713^th of 795 public high schools	10.3%		7	775^th of 855 public high schools	9.4%	62		53.9	50.8					35.1	29.5	23.7	22.2	$18,247
Flex High School	Public, Charter	9-12	567 W Broad St	Columbus	43215	Franklin County	Flex High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 610-9749	370	8	46.2	80.8%	140 (37.8%)	131 (35.4%)	64 (17.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (9.2%)								(n/a)												$9,216
The Academy for Urban Scholars	Public, Charter	9-12	1808 E Broad St	Columbus	43203	Franklin County	The Academy for Urban Scholars	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 545-9890	386	14	27.5	84.5%	11 (2.8%)	348 (90.2%)	9 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.7%)								(n/a)												$13,440
Central High School	Public, Charter	9-12	840 W State St	Columbus	43222	Franklin County	Central High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 362-7530	93	6	15.5	76.3%	18 (19.4%)	60 (64.5%)	11 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.3%)								(n/a)												$14,247
Franklinton High School	Public, Charter	9-12	89 Avondale Ave	Columbus	43222	Franklin County	Franklinton High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 427-1012	155	10	15.1	76.1%	43 (27.7%)	82 (52.9%)	16 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.7%)								(n/a)												$10,692
South High School	Public	7-12	1160 Ann St	Columbus	43206	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5541	873	58	15.0	72.7%	109 (12.5%)	570 (65.3%)	114 (13.1%)	8 (0.9%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (7.7%)	8.7	709^th of 795 public high schools	10.8%		7.6	765^th of 855 public high schools	10.5%	56	14.7	39.2	47.2	16.8	10.4	27.3	17.5	29.9	35.0	31.5	33.8	$15,207

Frequently Asked Questions about Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School

What is the racial makeup of Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School?

Students at Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School are 65% African American, 14% White, 13% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

How many students attend Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 752 students attended Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School.

Is Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School a good school?

Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School ranks in the bottom 18.1% of Ohio high schools.

What district is Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School in?

Columbus City Schools District

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