Total enrollment
24,133
+2,044 (+9%) vs SY 2020-21
29 schools in Olentangy Local
Ohio · 24,133 students · 5 cities
Across the district, Olentangy Local runs 29 public K-12 schools teaching roughly 24,133 Ohio students (about 832 per school).
4-year change in Olentangy Local
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
29
+3 (+12%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Olentangy Local ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Ohio | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.5% | #25 of 223 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 24,133 | #4 of 584 | #303 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 29 | #7 of 584 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #524 of 579 | #8,365 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 12.5% | #367 of 387 | #7,855 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #56 of 422 | #1,975 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Olentangy Local
State test results across the district's 26 scored schools run from Tyler Run Elementary School at 92.4% proficient to Arrowhead Elementary School at 80.0%, a gap of 12.4 points. That is the 64th widest gap among 101 Ohio districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 23 district schools that reported both years went from 20,805 to 19,831 students (down 5%) and from 1,012 to 1,010 full-time teachers (unchanged), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Olentangy Local
Across 29 schools, Olentangy Local enrolls about 24,133 students in Ohio. By footprint it is a thinly populated district.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Olentangy Local is made up of 19 elementary, 6 middle, and 4 high schools.
On a per-school basis, Olentangy Local runs about 832 students per school, 77% meaningfully above the state mean of roughly 469.
Trend over the past 4 years. Combined enrollment now sits at 24,133 students, expanded 9% from the 22,089 reported in SY 2020-21. The school count climbed from 26 to 29 across the same 4-year window.
On this page, the community for Olentangy Local discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.