Centennial High School

Located at 1441 Bethel Rd, in Columbus, Ohio, Centennial High School is a medium-sized 9-12 campus that teaches 702 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Columbus City Schools District. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 24% larger than typical.

Within Columbus City Schools District, which oversees 115 schools and 46,249 students, Centennial High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Centennial High School reports that 35% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% Black, 17% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Centennial High School logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, Franklin County reports that median household earnings sit near $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Centennial High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Noble Academy-Columbus, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 776 students in 2018 compared to 702 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 9% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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