Enrollment Trends at Ohio Media School-Columbus

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 131 where 43 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 277 students in 2022 and was lowest at 43 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 80 to 43 students, a net loss of 37 (46.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Ohio Media School-Columbus since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	80	54	26
2016-17	83 3	56 2	27 1
2017-18	107 24	70 14	37 10
2018-19	182 75	116 46	66 29
2019-20	190 8	137 21	53 -13
2020-21	229 39	140 3	89 36
2021-22	277 48	163 23	114 25
2022-23	73 -204	44 -119	29 -85
2023-24	43 -30	30 -14	13 -16
2024-25	43	28 -2	15 2
Average	131	84	47

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 13.95% and the percentage of black students is 72.09% at Ohio Media School-Columbus. Hispanic students comprise 9.30% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 32.50% to 13.95%. Black student enrollment increased from 57.50% to 72.09%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.00% to 9.30%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4500 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5538 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ohio Media School-Columbus over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	0	0	46	0	0	26	8
2016-17	0	0	49	2	0	29	3
2017-18	0	0	79	1	0	25	2
2018-19	0	0	111	0	0	20	0
2019-20	0	1	131	5	0	30	19
2020-21	0	0	182	5	0	16	10
2021-22	0	0	255	4	0	8	10
2022-23	0	2	55	1	0	15	0
2023-24	0	0	31	3	0	9	0
2024-25	0	0	31	4	0	6	2
Average	0	0	97	3	0	18	5

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Ohio Media School-Columbus does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.