Zenith Academy
Columbus · OH · Zenith Academy · Public charter · K-12 combined
📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 41% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 84% (Bottom 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Zenith Academy compares for families
What families should know about Zenith Academy.
- ▸ LocallyOH students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Northland High School, St Francis De Sales High School, Columbus International High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 41% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 33% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -3.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 429 students:
≈ 70 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $11,868 per student in district revenue, the 70 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $830,760/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northland High School Columbus |
Public | 0.7 | 1,029 | +6.5% |
| St Francis De Sales High School Columbus |
Private | 0.8 | 893 | +10.1% |
| Columbus International High School Columbus |
Public | 1.1 | 540 | +60.2% |
| Horizon Science Academy Columbus Columbus |
Public · charter | 1.3 | 680 | +35.2% |
| Focus North High School Columbus |
Public · charter | 1.5 | 202 | +37.4% |
| North Woods Career Prep High School Columbus |
Public · charter | 1.8 | 94 | -13.8% |
| Graham School The Columbus |
Public · charter | 2.1 | 139 | -31.5% |
| Ohio School for the Deaf Columbus |
Public | 2.1 | 77 | +5.5% |