Heart of Ohio Classical Academy

Heart of Ohio Classical Academy is a small school in Dublin, OH, serving 189 students in grades K–7, making it the smallest and the only nearby school with a 7th grade in an area where most surrounding schools end at 5th grade.

Its size comes with a strikingly low student-teacher ratio of 11.8—the lowest among nearby schools, which range from 15.1 to 19.0—but that advantage has not translated into top-tier results. In 2025–2026, the school ranked 959th of 1,560 schools statewide (39th percentile, 2 stars), while its same-name district ranked 375th of 773 districts (51st percentile, 3 stars). Among nearby schools with current rankings, Scottish Corners Elementary School, Ridgewood Elementary School, and Wyandot Elementary School rank much higher, mostly 3–5 stars. The school’s chronic absenteeism rate is 25.6%, higher than every nearby school, including 3.3% at Washington Elementary School and 16.4% at Riverside Elementary School, and above nearby district averages: Hilliard City at 12.2% and Dublin City at 15.1%. Free/reduced-lunch and spending data are not reported for the school, so socioeconomic and resource comparisons are limited.

Test results are highly uneven by grade. Math is generally weaker: 3rd grade is 42.3% proficient, 4th grade is 25%, and 5th grade is 47.4%, all below state and below all nearby schools with current data; 6th grade math (61.5%) and 7th grade math (50%) are slightly above state. ELA is stronger in upper grades, with 5th grade at 84.2% and 7th grade at 93.8%, both well above state, though 4th grade ELA is 35.7%, far below state and nearby schools. Fifth-grade science is 57.9%, below state. With only 189 students, grade-level scores can swing significantly from one small cohort to another. No reported student subgroup ranks above the 50th percentile, suggesting that the school’s challenges are broad rather than isolated.