Northland High School

Set in Columbus, Ohio, Northland High School is a substantial senior high, overseen by Columbus City Schools District. It serves 1,029 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 82% bigger than typical.

Columbus City Schools District runs 115 schools in total, collectively educating 46,249 students. Northland High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Northland High School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 57% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Franklin County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Franklin County) records that median household earnings sit near $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which Northland High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Parkmoor Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northland High School has ticked up 3%, going from 1,001 students in 2018 to 1,029 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 12% to 24% across the same window.

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