Special Education Center
Columbus · OH · Columbus City Schools District · Public · K-12 combined
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Most similar nearby schools
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 →For Parents
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👩🏫 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.
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% |