The Columbus Academy

Gahanna · OH · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

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11 National Merit Semifinalists

At a glance

Programs & features

Teaches no AP-designated courses — common among independent schools that run their own advanced curriculum
11 National Merit Semifinalists (2025)

Academic signals

SAT avg 1341 (25-75: 1240–1480)
ACT avg 30 (25-75: 26–34)
AP exam pass rate 96% — the school teaches no AP courses; students sit the exams anyway

Worth knowing: The school doesn't offer AP-designated courses. Its students sit AP exams anyway, and the school publishes how they did.

Composed from the school's own published profile (2025), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How The Columbus Academy compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

▸ NationallySAT mean 1341 (≈ top 10% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 30.0 (≈ top 10%) · 96% AP pass rate (US average: ~60%) · 11 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers) · Top 5% of the 218 curated private schools in our database on AP pass rate.
▸ LocallyOH students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Marburn Academy, Columbus School For Girls, Helping Hands Center Dba Bridgeway Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Your state's public flagship

Ohio State University-Main Campus

51%

admit rate

$13,244

in-state tuition/yr · $40,022 out-of-state

1330–1480

SAT 25–75 · ACT 29–32

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.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

The Columbus Academy publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 141 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
2023-2025

Allegheny College American University Auburn University Babson College Ball State University Barnard College Bates College Baylor University Bennington College Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Bowling Green State University Brandeis University Brown University Bucknell University Capital University Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Charleston Southern University Clemson University Colgate University College for Creative Studies College of Charleston Colorado College Colorado School of Mines Columbia University Columbus State Community College Cornell University

and 111 more

Dartmouth College Denison University DePauw University Drexel University Duke University Elon University Emory University Emory University, Oxford College Gardner-Webb University Georg August University Göttingen George Mason University George Washington University Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia State University Grinnell College Harvard University High Point University Hobart Institute of Welding Technology Hope College Indiana University John Carroll University Johns Hopkins University Kenyon College Lafayette College Lehigh University Long Island University Loyola University Chicago Miami University Michigan State University Morehouse College New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin College Ohio State University Ohio State University, Newark Ohio University Otterbein University Pomona College Princeton University Purdue University Roanoke College Robert Morris University Rochester Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rutgers University Saint Joseph's University Savannah College of Art and Design Skidmore College Southern Methodist University Spelman College Stanford University Stevens Institute of Technology Stonehill College Swarthmore College Syracuse University The College of Wooster The University of Alabama The University of Tennessee, Knoxville The University of Texas, Austin Thomas More University Tufts University Tulane University Union College United States Military Academy United States Naval Academy University at Buffalo University of Alaska, Fairbanks University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, San Diego University of Central Florida University of Chicago University of Cincinnati University of Colorado, Boulder University of Dayton University of Florida University of Georgia University of Kentucky University of Maryland University of Miami University of Michigan University of Mississippi University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of North Dakota University of Notre Dame University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Rhode Island University of Richmond University of Rochester University of South Carolina University of South Florida University of Southern California University of the Arts London University of Toronto University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Wisconsin Vanderbilt University Vassar College Wake Forest University Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Western Michigan University William & Mary Williams College Wilmington College Worcester Polytechnic Institute Yale University

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by The Columbus Academy — Columbus Academy 2025-26 School Profile ↗. Found at: p.2, 'Matriculation 2023-2025' list.

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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
Marburn Academy New Albany	Private	4.7	261	—
Columbus School For Girls Columbus	Private	6.5	497	-3.7%
Helping Hands Center Dba Bridgeway Academy Columbus	Private	8.3	183	+15.8%
The Learning Spectrum Columbus	Private	9.3	53	—
Highland Community Learning Center Columbus	Private	9.7	61	—
The Wellington School Columbus	Private	10.2	597	—
The Learning Spectrum Ltd - Canal Winchester Canal Winchester	Private	13.7	68	—
Columbus Torah Academy Columbus	Private	5.3	200	-7.4%

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