Special Education Center
Columbus · OH · Columbus City Schools District · Public · K-12 combined
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Capital High School → Columbus Scioto 6-12 → Columbus Downtown High School → Central High School → Ohio School for the Deaf → Fort Hayes Career Center → Ohio State School for the Blind → Capital City Career Prep High School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Special Education Center compares for families
What families should know about Special Education Center.
- ▸ LocallyOH students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Capital High School, Columbus Scioto 6-12, Columbus Downtown 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 1% 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.
👩🏫 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.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
Ohio State University-Main Campus
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,339/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +18.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 178 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital High School Columbus |
Public · charter | 4.1 | 76 | -35.0% |
| Columbus Scioto 6-12 Columbus |
Public | 4.4 | 55 | +3.8% |
| Columbus Downtown High School Columbus |
Public | 1.9 | 48 | — |
| Central High School Columbus |
Public · charter | 3.4 | 93 | +16.2% |
| Ohio School for the Deaf Columbus |
Public | 7.8 | 77 | +5.5% |
| Fort Hayes Career Center Columbus |
Public | 1.9 | 102 | +4.1% |
| Ohio State School for the Blind Columbus |
Public | 8.2 | 59 | +5.4% |
| Capital City Career Prep High School Columbus |
Public · charter | 4.8 | 93 | -25.0% |