Ohio school data rankings

Compare regular public school districts by one measure at a time, then inspect the underlying profile. Of 619 regular districts, 617 report 2024–25 enrollment and 616 match the FY 2023 finance file. Charter, service, specialized, and other agencies remain in the directory but are excluded from these unlike comparisons.

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Showing 1–25 of 617 regular districts reporting enrollment. NCES CCD 2024–25.

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Districts ordered by the selected measure; positions describe data, not school quality
Position	District	City	Schools	Enrollment
1	Columbus City Schools District	Columbus	116	46,515
2	Cincinnati Public Schools	Cincinnati	67	34,531
3	Cleveland Municipal	Cleveland	91	33,143
4	Olentangy Local	Lewis Center	29	24,133
5	South-Western City	Grove City	34	21,924
6	Toledo City	Toledo	56	21,290
7	Akron City	Akron	44	19,986
8	Lakota Local	Liberty Township	22	17,885
9	Dublin City	Dublin	24	16,967
10	Hilliard City	Columbus	24	16,298
11	Westerville City	Westerville	24	14,589
12	Dayton City	Dayton	29	12,785
13	Pickerington Local	Pickerington	16	11,729
14	Worthington City	Worthington	19	10,874
15	Mason City	Mason	4	10,155
16	Fairfield City	Fairfield	11	9,591
17	Hamilton City	Hamilton	12	9,014
18	Parma City	Parma	13	9,001
19	Gahanna-Jefferson City	Gahanna	13	8,290
20	Centerville City	Centerville	12	8,264
21	Northwest Local	Cincinnati	12	8,260
22	Beavercreek City	Beavercreek	11	8,099
23	Sylvania Schools	Sylvania	13	7,700
24	West Clermont Local	Cincinnati	9	7,651
25	Kettering City School District	Kettering	13	7,635

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Largest school districts in Ohio

Ordered by 2024–25 reported membership. This is a scale comparison, not a quality ranking.

Rank	Name	Location	Students
1	Columbus City Schools District 116 schools	Columbus	46,515
2	Cincinnati Public Schools 67 schools	Cincinnati	34,531
3	Cleveland Municipal 91 schools	Cleveland	33,143
4	Olentangy Local 29 schools	Lewis Center	24,133
5	South-Western City 34 schools	Grove City	21,924
6	Toledo City 56 schools	Toledo	21,290
7	Akron City 44 schools	Akron	19,986
8	Lakota Local 22 schools	Liberty Township	17,885
9	Dublin City 24 schools	Dublin	16,967
10	Hilliard City 24 schools	Columbus	16,298
11	Westerville City 24 schools	Westerville	14,589
12	Dayton City 29 schools	Dayton	12,785
13	Pickerington Local 16 schools	Pickerington	11,729
14	Worthington City 19 schools	Worthington	10,874
15	Mason City 4 schools	Mason	10,155
16	Fairfield City 11 schools	Fairfield	9,591
17	Hamilton City 12 schools	Hamilton	9,014
18	Parma City 13 schools	Parma	9,001
19	Gahanna-Jefferson City 13 schools	Gahanna	8,290
20	Centerville City 12 schools	Centerville	8,264
21	Northwest Local 12 schools	Cincinnati	8,260
22	Beavercreek City 11 schools	Beavercreek	8,099
23	Sylvania Schools 13 schools	Sylvania	7,700
24	West Clermont Local 9 schools	Cincinnati	7,651
25	Kettering City School District 13 schools	Kettering	7,635

Source: NCES CCD LEA Membership, 2024–25.

Highest spending per pupil in Ohio

Ordered by FY 2023 current expenditure per pupil among districts with at least 200 students. District responsibilities and local costs differ.

Rank	Name	Location	Per pupil
1	East Cleveland City School District 1,177 students	East Cleveland	$33,509
2	Westfall Local 1,342 students	Williamsport	$28,132
3	Jefferson Township Local 277 students	Dayton	$27,412
4	Orange City 2,029 students	Cleveland	$27,400
5	Switzerland of Ohio Local 1,883 students	Woodsfield	$25,982
6	Youngstown City 4,570 students	Youngstown	$24,791
7	Shaker Heights City 4,400 students	Shaker Heights	$24,695
8	Beachwood City 1,586 students	Beachwood	$24,303
9	Cleveland Heights-University Heights City 5,019 students	University Heights	$24,221
10	Cleveland Municipal 33,143 students	Cleveland	$24,161
11	Sebring Local 360 students	Sebring	$22,312
12	Columbus City Schools District 46,515 students	Columbus	$22,307
13	Cuyahoga Heights Local 774 students	Cuyahoga Heights	$22,265
14	Trimble Local 691 students	Glouster	$21,995
15	Bedford City 2,887 students	Bedford	$21,970
16	Western Local 685 students	Latham	$21,924
17	Warrensville Heights City 1,902 students	Warrensville Heights	$21,904
18	Danbury Local 555 students	Lakeside Marblehead	$21,471
19	Oberlin City Schools 758 students	Oberlin	$21,468
20	Lordstown Local 383 students	Warren	$21,102
21	Conotton Valley Union Local 517 students	Bowerston	$21,002
22	Mansfield City 2,953 students	Mansfield	$20,993
23	Dayton City 12,785 students	Dayton	$20,743
24	South Euclid-Lyndhurst City 3,203 students	Lyndhurst	$20,743
25	Walnut Township Local 483 students	Millersport	$20,703

Source: NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33), FY 2023. Resource measure only.

Ohio high schools with broad reported program access

Counts AP student enrollment, gifted programming, and computer-science classes reported in CRDC. This does not measure course quality, participation rates, or current availability.

Rank	Name	Location	Positive fields
1	Sylvania Southview High School 09–12 · 31 AP courses	Sylvania Schools	3 of 3
2	Madison-Plains High School 09–12 · 31 AP courses	Madison-Plains Local	3 of 3
3	Solon High School 09–12 · 28 AP courses	Solon City	3 of 3
4	Sycamore High School 08–12 · 27 AP courses	Sycamore Community City	3 of 3
5	Mayfield High School 08–12 · 27 AP courses	Mayfield City	3 of 3
6	William Mason High School 09–12 · 26 AP courses	Mason City	3 of 3
7	Pickerington High School North 09–12 · 26 AP courses	Pickerington Local	3 of 3
8	Chagrin Falls High School 09–12 · 26 AP courses	Chagrin Falls Exempted Village	3 of 3
9	Jackson High School 09–12 · 25 AP courses	Jackson Local	3 of 3
10	Olentangy Liberty High School 09–12 · 25 AP courses	Olentangy Local	3 of 3
11	Olentangy High School 09–12 · 25 AP courses	Olentangy Local	3 of 3
12	Lakewood High School 09–12 · 25 AP courses	Lakewood City	3 of 3
13	Anderson High School 09–12 · 25 AP courses	Forest Hills Local	3 of 3
14	Kenston High School 08–12 · 25 AP courses	Kenston Local	3 of 3
15	Upper Arlington High School 09–12 · 24 AP courses	Upper Arlington City	3 of 3
16	Avon Lake High School 09–12 · 24 AP courses	Avon Lake City	3 of 3
17	Beachwood High School 09–12 · 24 AP courses	Beachwood City	3 of 3
18	Orange High School 09–12 · 23 AP courses	Olentangy Local	3 of 3
19	Olentangy Berlin High School 09–12 · 23 AP courses	Olentangy Local	3 of 3
20	Perry High School 09–12 · 23 AP courses	Perry Local	3 of 3
21	Centerville High School 09–12 · 22 AP courses	Centerville City	3 of 3
22	Thomas Worthington High School 09–12 · 22 AP courses	Worthington City	3 of 3
23	Turpin High School 09–12 · 22 AP courses	Forest Hills Local	3 of 3
24	Highland High School 09–12 · 22 AP courses	Highland Local	3 of 3
25	Wyoming High School 09–12 · 22 AP courses	Wyoming City	3 of 3

Source: CRDC 2021–22. At least two program fields must be known for inclusion.