High schools Whetstone High School West High School Starling Middle School once occupied the original West High School building, at 120 S. Starling PreK-8 School (merger of Dana Elementary and Starling Middle in 2013).Ecole Kenwood French Immersion School at Kenwood Elementary School.Columbus Spanish Immersion Academy at Beaumont Elementary School.Dominion Middle School, formerly site of the Columbus International High School.Columbus City Preparatory School for Girls.Columbus City Preparatory School for Boys.Middle schools Johnson Park Middle School Sullivant Elementary School (formerly in Downtown Columbus).Parkmoor Urban Academy Elementary School.Olde Orchard Alternative Elementary School.Oakland Park Alternative Elementary School.Georgian Heights Alternative Elementary School.Ecole Kenwood French Immersion Elementary School.Duxberry Park Alternative Elementary School.Devonshire Alternative Elementary School.Cedarwood Alternative Elementary School.
Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School.Schools include: Elementary schools Avondale Elementary School There are approximately 118 active schools in the district. Current members are listed below: įor a list of historical and architecturally important schools, see Schools in Columbus, Ohio. There are seven members on the Board of Education. Following is a list of school enrollments over the years. School enrollment Asa Dearborn Lord, first superintendentĮnrollment figures in the school district have significantly increased in the past and recently decreased. As a result, district enrollment significantly declined, forcing two high schools, Central High School (In 1982) and North High School (In 1979) to be closed, as well as several elementary and middle schools. Many parents moved their children out of the Columbus district to the suburbs to avoid the desegregation. However, in April 1979 the Supreme Court made their decision and upheld the original Duncan decision.īefore this landmark decision was handed down, the district had a peak of 110,725 students enrolled in 1971 and operated 20 high schools. The result was desegregation busing to desegregate all schools in the Columbus Public School district.īefore the 1978-1979 school year the Columbus Public School district petitioned Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist for a stay on the forced busing, and the petition was granted. Columbus Board of Education that the school boundary methods used by Columbus Public Schools promoted segregation by sending black students to predominantly black schools and white students to predominantly white schools. In March 1977 Federal District Court Judge Robert M. Board of Education case made segregation in schools illegal, some schools were still segregated by the neighborhoods they served. In August 2007, the district decided to begin using its official name of "Columbus City Schools."Īlthough technically the landmark Brown v. For most of its history, the district has been referred to as "Columbus Public Schools". Harris served as the 19th superintendent of Columbus City Schools and was succeeded by Dr. Asa Lord as the district's first superintendent. Two years later the school board elected Dr. It was not until 1845 that the state of Ohio Legislature entrusted the management of Columbus schools to a Board of Education. The first school built in the area which is now part of Columbus was a log cabin school-house built in Franklinton, in 1806. At its peak during the 1971 school year the district served 110,725 students. The district has 46,686 students enrolled, making it the largest school district in the state of Ohio as of June 2021. 39★9′N 82★9′W / 39.983°N 82.983°W / 39.983 -82.983Ĭolumbus City Schools, formerly known as Columbus Public Schools, is the official school district for the city of Columbus, Ohio, and serves most of the city (portions of the city are served by suburban school districts).
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