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Columbus Africentric Early College Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

912^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,046 Ohio Middle Schools

Better than 13% of Ohio middle schools

Summary

Columbus Africentric Early College Middle School is a grades 6–8 school serving 198 students at 3223 Allegheny Ave in Columbus, OH, part of the Columbus City Schools District. It remains one of Ohio's lower-performing middle schools: in 2025–2026 it ranked 912th of 1,046 Ohio middle schools (13th percentile, 1 star), while its district ranked 683rd of 773 districts (12th percentile, 1 star). Still, the school has climbed steadily — from 3rd percentile in 2023–2024 and 6th in 2024–2025 to 13th in 2025–2026 — though it has not returned to its 2020–2021 level of 20th percentile.

Test scores are low but improved in every subject and grade in 2025–2026, including Math 7 (2.6% to 7.8%), Math 8 (3.8% to 10.5%), Science 8 (13.5% to 18.1%), and ELA 8 (7.7% to 19.2%). ELA 6 (33.3%) comes closest to the district (34.0%), while middle-school math and grade-8 science and ELA lag far behind both district and state. Chronic absenteeism dropped sharply to 52.9%, from 68.9% the year before and 74.1% in 2021–2022 — now slightly below the district's 53.8% and the second-lowest among same-district peers, behind only Columbus City Preparatory School for Girls (51.0%). Even so, more than half of students are chronically absent, far above nearby Gahanna West Middle School (18.4%), Bexley Middle School (10.8%), Rosemore Middle School (30.6%), and Midnimo Cross Cultural Middle School (11.9%).

Class sizes are a concern: the student-teacher ratio was 24.7 in 2024–2025, much higher than most nearby schools, including Columbus City Preparatory School for Boys (8.8), Johnson Park Middle School (11.2), Columbus City Preparatory School for Girls (13.0), Mifflin Alternative Middle School (14.2), Champion Middle School (15.3), Sherwood Middle School (15.5), and Bexley Middle School (17.9). Africentric generally outperforms Mifflin and Johnson Park and competes with Champion and Sherwood in some subjects, but trails Columbus City Preparatory School for Girls, Bexley, Gahanna West, and Midnimo by wide margins. Its strongest subgroup result is for African American students (26th percentile, up three years running), while male students rank lowest (6th percentile). Note that free/reduced lunch data are unavailable, spending figures date to 2018–2019 ($9,339 per student), and with only 198 students, percentages can shift noticeably year to year.

198

Students ?

24.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,853

Per pupil spending ?

1.8%

Directly certified for free meals (2022-23) ?

3223 Allegheny Ave
Columbus, OH 43209-1376

(614) 365-6517

District: Columbus City Schools District

Racial breakdown:

African American:

95.5%

Hispanic:

2.0%

Two or more races:

1.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 10th percentile in 2019 → 13th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Ohio average (20% vs 56% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!Science scores 43 pts below the Ohio average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school20%

District avg29%

Ohio avg56%

912^th of 1,046

Ohio public middle schools ?

Bottom 13%▲ up 3 pts since 2019

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

12^th of 18Middle 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	10.5	912 of 1046	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	6.9	976 of 1036	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.2	1014 of 1046	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.3	970 of 1048	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.1	936 of 1017	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.6	832 of 1037	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	8.4	943 of 1050	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	25.1	337 of 455	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	20.0	362 of 442	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.2	381 of 429	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.1	355 of 436	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.9	315 of 413	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.8	238 of 385	38.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.2	332 of 405	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	9.8	840 of 947	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	6.3	873 of 938	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.5	903 of 942	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.7	882 of 943	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.9	885 of 925	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.7	735 of 910	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	4.7	876 of 917	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	10.4	885 of 996	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	6.8	933 of 983	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	4.7	967 of 989	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.7	893 of 974	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.5	864 of 947	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	16.1	760 of 923	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.9	855 of 945	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	6.3	895 of 955	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	3.9	934 of 954	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	2.8	952 of 958	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.4	913 of 963	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.4	841 of 946	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	8.4	833 of 924	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.6	808 of 933	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2026)26th percentile+13 vs school

Female (2026)11th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)11th percentile~ school

Male (2026)6th percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts27%-32 vs state

Science18%-43 vs state

Mathematics14%-39 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)			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 Mathematics 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th 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	Ohio State Tests Geometry End of Course	Ohio State Tests Algebra I End of Course	Total
Columbus Africentric Early College Middle School	Public	6-8	3223 Allegheny Ave	Columbus	43209	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6517	198	8	24.7	—	1 (0.5%)	189 (95.5%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.5%)	10.5	912^th of 1046 public middle schools	12.8%		6.9	976^th of 1036 public middle schools	5.8%	64	18.1	22.8	7.8	10.5	33.3	29.6	19.2			$15,853
Columbus City Preparatory School for Boys	Public	6-8	3450 Medway Ave	Columbus	43213	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6166	106	12	8.8	42.5%	12 (11.3%)	74 (69.8%)	4 (3.8%)	1 (0.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (13.2%)	15.2	863^rd of 1046 public middle schools	17.5%		8	959^th of 1036 public middle schools	7.4%	96	13.6	31.8	15.4	13.6	45.5	30.8	18.2			$38,636
Bexley Middle School	Public	6-8	300 S Cassingham Rd	Bexley	43203	Franklin County	Bexley City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 237-4277	591	33	17.9	—	475 (80.4%)	36 (6.1%)	27 (4.6%)	10 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.3%)	87.3	82^nd of 1046 public middle schools	92.2%		86.7	89^th of 1036 public middle schools	91.4%	7	76.2	81.0	74.6	83.3	83.6	83.3	79.6		100.0	$15,400
Johnson Park Middle School	Public	6-8	1130 S Waverly St	Columbus	43227	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6501	349	31	11.2	59.0%	10 (2.9%)	189 (54.2%)	121 (34.7%)	12 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.6%)	6.9	979^th of 1046 public middle schools	6.4%		7.1	972^nd of 1036 public middle schools	6.2%	7	5.9	16.7	9.8	5.6	20.8	29.3	14.3			$16,352
Rosemore Middle School	Public	6-8	4800 Langley Ave	Whitehall	43213	Franklin County	Whitehall City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 417-5200	816	57	14.3	65.4%	131 (16.1%)	340 (41.7%)	276 (33.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (8.0%)	17.3	844^th of 1046 public middle schools	19.3%		22.4	791^st of 1036 public middle schools	23.6%	53	31.0	26.7	20.3	22.6	30.9	41.5	29.3	100.0	100.0	$10,095
Champion Middle School	Public	6-8	284 N 22nd St	Columbus	43203	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6082	338	22	15.3	70.7%	35 (10.4%)	238 (70.4%)	37 (10.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (7.4%)	6.6	981^st of 1046 public middle schools	6.2%		7	974^th of 1036 public middle schools	6.0%	7	10.6	5.2	7.1	14.9	18.6	25.3	21.1			$15,237
Columbus City Preparatory School for Girls	Public	6-8	1390 Bryden Rd	Columbus	43205	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6113	196	15	13.0	69.4%	15 (7.7%)	134 (68.4%)	24 (12.2%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (10.7%)	37.2	693^rd of 1046 public middle schools	33.7%		33.7	700^th of 1036 public middle schools	32.4%	7	50.9	29.1	15.0	49.1	49.1	49.2	55.2			$25,788
Mifflin Alternative Middle School	Public	6-8	3000 Agler Rd	Columbus	43219	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5474	356	25	14.2	68.8%	23 (6.5%)	241 (67.7%)	51 (14.3%)	19 (5.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.9%)	7.4	972^nd of 1046 public middle schools	7.1%		5.9	987^th of 1036 public middle schools	4.7%	15	10.7	16.3	4.8	7.1	31.8	15.5	16.7			$20,264
Sherwood Middle School	Public	6-8	1400 Shady Lane Rd	Columbus	43227	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5393	498	32	15.5	57.4%	55 (11.0%)	308 (61.8%)	105 (21.1%)	8 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.2%)	14.2	876^th of 1046 public middle schools	16.3%		13.7	872^nd of 1036 public middle schools	15.8%	4	21.3	21.9	26.3	21.4	28.5	35.6	23.4			$14,785
Gahanna West Middle School	Public	6-8	350 N Stygler Rd	Gahanna	43230	Franklin County	Gahanna-Jefferson City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 478-5570	608	36	16.7	—	259 (42.6%)	219 (36.0%)	57 (9.4%)	40 (6.6%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	28 (4.6%)	64.2	404^th of 1046 public middle schools	61.4%		63.7	416^th of 1036 public middle schools	59.8%	12	63.5	63.0	51.1	55.3	64.1	70.6	58.2	100.0	100.0	$12,502

Frequently Asked Questions about Columbus Africentric Early College Middle School

How many students attend Columbus Africentric Early College Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 198 students attended Columbus Africentric Early College Middle School.

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Columbus Africentric Early College Middle School ranks in the bottom 12.8% of Ohio middle schools.

What district is Columbus Africentric Early College Middle School in?

Columbus City Schools District

What is the racial makeup of Columbus Africentric Early College Middle School?

Students at Columbus Africentric Early College Middle School are 95% African American, 2% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

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