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Columbus City Schools District - Columbus, OH | Schools.now

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Suburb

NCES ID: 3904380

Columbus City Schools District

Columbus, OH

Source: NCES CCD + U.S. Census (open-source sync)

Year: 2025

Coverage: 100.0% (19281/19281)

Dataset refreshed: Feb 24, 2026

Enrollment

46,515

-0.6%YoY

Graduation Rate

83.0%

-4.8%vs. State

Per-Pupil Spending

$15,696

-16.7%vs. State

Student-Teacher Ratio

15.5:1

-11.4%vs. State

Free/Reduced Lunch

25.4%

-64.1%vs. State

English Language Learners

7.0%

-49.6%vs. State

Child Poverty Rate

25.4%

+64.9%vs. State

District vs. Benchmarks

Key metrics compared to state and national averages (% of national avg)

Enrollment Trend

5-year enrollment history-2.3%

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