There were 78,848 non-Hispanic white students enrolled in Franklin County school districts in the 2022-23 school year, 1.1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.
Data showed that Franklin County school districts welcomed 169,599 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, non-Hispanic white students comprised 46.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county’s school districts.
Among the 16 school districts in Franklin County, South-Western City recorded the highest enrollment of non-Hispanic white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 11,471 students.
The main offices of all school districts mentioned in the story are located in cities associated with Franklin County.
In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is an improvement for the state and is lower than the national average of 1:16.
Despite the apparent improvement, this positive trend is overshadowed by a general decline in public school enrollments, which was accelerated by the pandemic. This decline, aligned with the steady number of teachers in the state over the last 10 years, has led to low student-to-teacher ratios.
| District | % of White, Non-Hispanic students | Total enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| Grandview Heights Schools | 89.9% | 1,143 |
| Upper Arlington City | 83.9% | 6,392 |
| Bexley City | 81.4% | 2,489 |
| Hamilton Local Schools | 68.1% | 3,084 |
| Hilliard City | 67.7% | 15,889 |
| Worthington City | 65.9% | 10,523 |
| New Albany-Plain Local Schools | 64% | 4,994 |
| Dublin City | 58.3% | 15,939 |
| Gahanna-Jefferson City | 54.4% | 7,973 |
| Canal Winchester Local Schools | 52.8% | 3,709 |
| South-Western City | 52.8% | 21,742 |
| Westerville City | 50.9% | 14,231 |
| Groveport Madison Local Schools | 27.8% | 6,197 |
| Reynoldsburg City | 25.1% | 7,147 |
| Columbus City School District | 20.1% | 44,981 |
| Whitehall City | 18.6% | 3,166 |
