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The public high schools with the biggest test-score declines in Franklin County, Ohio

49 public high schools in Franklin County, Ohio appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the biggest test-score declines, ranked by the 3-year drop in composite math + reading proficiency. Arts & College Preparatory Academy leads the list at -6.8pp, against a median of +3.8pp across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Franklin County, Ohio

Best 3-yr change

-6.8pp

Median 3-yr change

+3.8pp

BIGGEST DECLINES · FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO

#	School	City	District	Students	3 yrs ago	Latest	Change
1	Arts & College Preparatory Academy	Columbus, OH	Arts & College Preparatory Academy	473	48.8%	42.0%	-6.8pp
2	Columbus Africentric Early College High School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	332	22.6%	16.6%	-6.0pp
3	Dublin Coffman High School	Dublin, OH	Dublin City	1,824	72.9%	69.2%	-3.8pp
4	Worthington Kilbourne High School	Columbus, OH	Worthington City	1,623	72.8%	69.3%	-3.6pp
5	Beechcroft High School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	587	17.4%	13.9%	-3.5pp
6	Columbus International High School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	540	20.3%	18.2%	-2.1pp
7	Northland High School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	1,029	18.9%	17.1%	-1.9pp
8	South High School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	873	16.7%	15.3%	-1.4pp
9	Charles School at Ohio Dominican University	Columbus, OH	Charles School at Ohio Dominican University	320	27.6%	27.1%	-0.5pp
10	Franklinton High School	Columbus, OH	Franklinton High School	155	20.5%	20.9%	+0.4pp
11	Grove City High School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	1,881	64.9%	65.4%	+0.5pp
12	Hilliard Darby High School	Hilliard, OH	Hilliard City	1,674	65.5%	66.6%	+1.1pp
13	Metro Early College High School	Columbus, OH	Metro Early College High School	869	60.5%	62.1%	+1.5pp
14	Marion-Franklin High School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	430	14.3%	16.1%	+1.8pp
15	Franklin Heights High School	Columbus, OH	South-Western City	1,398	40.7%	43.0%	+2.3pp
16	Lincoln High School	Gahanna, OH	Gahanna-Jefferson City	2,468	56.5%	59.5%	+3.0pp
17	Focus North High School	Columbus, OH	Focus North High School	202	8.0%	11.1%	+3.1pp
18	Upper Arlington High School	Upper Arlington, OH	Upper Arlington City	1,908	84.0%	87.2%	+3.2pp
19	Hilliard Davidson High School	Hilliard, OH	Hilliard City	1,847	66.7%	70.0%	+3.2pp
20	Linden-McKinley STEM Academy	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	795	8.7%	11.9%	+3.3pp
21	West High School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	846	11.6%	15.2%	+3.6pp
22	Walnut Ridge High School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	775	17.1%	20.8%	+3.7pp
23	Fort Hayes Arts and Academic HS	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	752	23.4%	27.1%	+3.7pp
24	Westerville-South High School	Westerville, OH	Westerville City	1,509	59.7%	63.3%	+3.7pp
25	East High School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	431	14.7%	18.4%	+3.8pp
26	Bexley High School	Bexley, OH	Bexley City	766	85.5%	89.5%	+3.9pp
27	Centennial High School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	702	32.7%	36.6%	+3.9pp
28	Independence High School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	852	8.6%	12.6%	+4.0pp
29	Hilliard Bradley High School	Hilliard, OH	Hilliard City	1,712	66.1%	70.5%	+4.4pp
30	Eastmoor Academy	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	584	14.3%	18.9%	+4.5pp
31	New Albany High School	New Albany, OH	New Albany-Plain Local	1,601	77.5%	82.0%	+4.5pp
32	Flex High School	Columbus, OH	Flex High School	370	14.6%	19.3%	+4.8pp
33	Canal Winchester High School	Canal Winchester, OH	Canal Winchester Local	1,121	61.2%	66.3%	+5.0pp
34	Central Crossing High School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	1,674	46.0%	51.5%	+5.5pp
35	Whetstone High School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	1,017	30.0%	35.7%	+5.7pp
36	Mason Run High School	Columbus, OH	Mason Run High School	127	9.5%	15.4%	+5.9pp
37	Mifflin High School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	801	13.8%	19.9%	+6.1pp
38	Westland High School	Galloway, OH	South-Western City	1,853	40.6%	46.7%	+6.1pp
39	Hamilton Township High School	Columbus, OH	Hamilton Local	873	50.9%	57.6%	+6.7pp
40	Briggs High School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	956	17.5%	24.5%	+7.0pp
41	Dublin Scioto High School	Dublin, OH	Dublin City	1,437	56.1%	63.3%	+7.2pp
42	Groveport Madison High School	Groveport, OH	Groveport Madison Local	1,863	33.1%	41.1%	+8.0pp
43	Graham School The	Columbus, OH	Graham School The	139	18.3%	26.9%	+8.6pp
44	Whitehall Yearling High School	Whitehall, OH	Whitehall City	993	30.6%	39.5%	+8.8pp
45	Thomas Worthington High School	Worthington, OH	Worthington City	1,712	60.8%	69.6%	+8.8pp
46	Horizon Science Academy Columbus	Columbus, OH	Horizon Science Academy Columbus	680	41.4%	50.8%	+9.4pp
47	Columbus Alternative High School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	820	46.5%	57.3%	+10.8pp
48	Grandview Heights High School	Columbus, OH	Grandview Heights Schools	338	77.1%	88.7%	+11.6pp
49	Franklinton Prep High School	Columbus, OH	Franklinton Prep High School	216	13.1%	30.1%	+17.0pp

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