The top reported proficiency rate is 32% in English language arts. The lowest is 17% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on A+ Children's Academy
A+ Children's Academy is a small charter school in Columbus serving kindergarten through sixth grade, with a student body composed of just over a small number of students. Located at the south end of the city, the school is managed by ACCEL Schools, a charter management organization operating a network of schools across the country, which sets the curriculum and operational framework families would encounter.
The school has recently expanded its grade span to include sixth grade, allowing families to keep their children in the same school a year longer before transitioning to middle school. This represents a structural change in the school's trajectory and is worth noting for parents evaluating multi-year placement.
Academically, A+ Children's Academy's performance on Ohio's state tests is below what families typically see across Franklin County districts. On the most recent state math and English language arts tests administered to grades three through eight, proficiency rates were modest. In science, the school's results were low. The school's overall proficiency across tested subjects places it in the bottom tier relative to other districts in Franklin County. Data from earlier years in social studies showed similarly limited proficiency. These numbers signal that students are struggling to meet grade-level standards on state measures, and a parent evaluating the school should investigate further with leadership about how the school is addressing these outcomes.
The school has adopted i-Ready, an adaptive digital curriculum for reading and math that personalizes instruction to each student's pace rather than following a single-speed classroom model. This reflects a pedagogical choice toward individualized, technology-supported learning and is a distinguishing feature of the instructional day. Whether that approach aligns with a family's educational values is a personal question the school can answer in detail.
The student population is racially and ethnically mixed, with roughly equal shares of White and Black students, alongside smaller populations of Asian, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian, and multiracial students. Free-and-reduced-price lunch eligibility data was not available, so a parent seeking to understand the school's economic context would want to ask the school directly.
Columbus itself is the state capital and Ohio's largest city, experiencing rapid growth and attracting major corporate investment and employer relocations. Housing in the school's area of south Columbus is modestly valued relative to state and national benchmarks. Renters in the broader zip code pay modest monthly rates. Columbus's economy is anchored by Ohio State University, major healthcare systems, Fortune 500 companies headquartered downtown and in suburbs, and a diversified employer base spanning finance, insurance, government, and logistics, with Intel planning a major semiconductor manufacturing facility in nearby New Albany. The city's school system is Columbus City Schools; A+ Children's Academy operates as an independent charter school within that same district boundary.
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