Based in Columbus, Ohio, Great Western Academy is an elementary charter school. It has student re-enrollment and staff retention facilities and has different grade levels from kindergarten through eighth grade. It is a member of the Imagine Schools family, a national operator of nonprofit public charter schools. Imagine Schools educates 20,000 students in 40 elementary and secondary schools in partnership with parents and local governing boards. Great Western Academy offers educational program that includes curriculum to support literacy development in grades K- 2 (3). Its kindergarten students are reading by Christmas.