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Columbus Torah Academy

181 Noe Bixby Road, Columbus, OH, 43213-0432 -

School Notes Overview:

The mission of the Columbus Torah Academy is to develop our students into educated, contributing, active, aware members of contemporary American and Jewish societies. To accomplish this mission, CTA is dedicated to: provide a broad based, high quality, secular education, designed to impart the critical educational and learning skills that are necessary to meet the students' future educational and/or vocational challenges. A college-preparatory curriculum is offered with Learning Center support; provide a strong, comprehensive Jewish education, within a modern Orthodox Zionist framework, to inspire learning, living and growing in Judaism as a life-long commitment. Our goals are for our students to make Torah values the center of their lives and to instill in them an attachment to and a sense of responsibility for the State of Israel and the Jewish people; provide an atmosphere within the school that is respectful of and sensitive to the diversity that exists within the community and our parent body, through the modeling and teaching of derech eretz (proper respect) and middot (moral behavior); and provide every Jewish child in the central Ohio area with the opportunity of a CTA education, within the limits of our educational and financial resources....

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School Overview:

	Columbus Torah Academy
School Membership(s)	National Association of Independent Schools State or regional independent school association Other school association(s)
Religious Affiliation	Jewish
Grades Offered	Grades Kindergarten - 12
County	Franklin County, OH
Student Body
Total Students	285 students
Student Body Type	Co-ed
	This School	(OH) School Avg.
% Students of Color	n/a	16%
Students by Grade
	Kind - 18 students
	Grade 1 - 27 students
	Grade 2 - 13 students
	Grade 3 - 29 students
	Grade 4 - 21 students
	Grade 5 - 29 students
	Grade 6 - 32 students
	Grade 7 - 25 students
	Grade 8 - 26 students
	Grade 9 - 13 students
	Grade 10 - 13 students
	Grade 11 - 16 students
	Grade 12 - 23 students
Academics and Faculty
Total Classroom Teachers	n/a
	This School	(OH) School Avg.
Teacher : Student Ratio	n/a	* Ntl. Public School Avg. » 1:16
School Days in Calendar Year	n/a	180 days
Hours in School Day for Students	8 hours	6 hours

School Notes:

The mission of the Columbus Torah Academy is to develop our students into educated, contributing, active, aware members of contemporary American and Jewish societies. To accomplish this mission, CTA is dedicated to: provide a broad based, high quality, secular education, designed to impart the critical educational and learning skills that are necessary to meet the students' future educational and/or vocational challenges. A college-preparatory curriculum is offered with Learning Center support; provide a strong, comprehensive Jewish education, within a modern Orthodox Zionist framework, to inspire learning, living and growing in Judaism as a life-long commitment. Our goals are for our students to make Torah values the center of their lives and to instill in them an attachment to and a sense of responsibility for the State of Israel and the Jewish people; provide an atmosphere within the school that is respectful of and sensitive to the diversity that exists within the community and our parent body, through the modeling and teaching of derech eretz (proper respect) and middot (moral behavior); and provide every Jewish child in the central Ohio area with the opportunity of a CTA education, within the limits of our educational and financial resources.
Profile last updated: 03/08/2007

In the News:

Columbus Jewish Federation slates second 'Lend a Hand' (This Week New Albany)
posted on November 11, 2009 at 07:33:55 pm
The Columbus Jewish Federation wants to inspire local community members to serve others during the next year.
Fans of cult classic live by motto 'never say die' (The Columbus Dispatch)
posted on October 22, 2009 at 08:01:56 am
Try to imagine, if you will, the pitch meeting for Bubba Ho-Tep . Studio 35 will show the film late Saturday as part of the "New Cult Classics" series.
Dad suing Bexley schools over residency (The Columbus Dispatch)
posted on September 29, 2009 at 09:38:12 am
The Bexley school district and the Ohio Department of Education don't believe that Mark Ebner and his children really live in a three-bedroom apartment near the Bexley Gateway. Just a few blocks away, the real-estate developer owns a home worth more than $1 million that is in the Columbus school district.
The Text, Gentlemen. The Text. (The Commentator)
posted on September 22, 2009 at 04:52:38 am
"The text, gentlemen, the text" was a constant refrain in the Chumash class of R. Moshe Besdin, the rabbi who opened up the world of serious Torah commentary to me over 40 years ago. Having attended public schools in Mt. Vernon, New York, my background in Judaic studies was fairly primitive.
In brief (This Week New Albany)
posted on September 9, 2009 at 08:23:50 pm
The Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus will offer Kaleidoscope this school year, an after school program for children in kindergarten through third grade.

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School Zip Statistics:

About This Zipcode (43213)	School Zip (43213)	(OH) State Average
Population (Approximate)	30,723 people	11,353,002 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	24%	21%
Population Average Age	35 years old	37 years old
Average Household size	2.2 persons	2.3 persons
Median Household Income	$35,269	$43,643
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	5 rooms	5.7 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	46 years old	47 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit Zipcode (43213) What's a Zindex? Subject to Zillow Terms of Use
% Owning / % Renting	44% / 56%	66% / 34%