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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Olentangy Liberty High School this year?
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Enrollment
1,847
High
DISTRICT 1,842 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLENTANGY LOCAL·NCES 390467604599
Olentangy Liberty High School
3584 Home Rd, Powell, OH 43065 · (740) 657-4200 · Delaware County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,847 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Ohio public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
157 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 486 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 422 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 487 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 452 | 24% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
87.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -4.0pp since 2021
Math
87.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.4% | 87.5% |
| 2023-24 | 90.2% | 82.3% |
| 2022-23 | 90.0% | 83.5% |
| 2021-22 | 91.4% | 85.5% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
89.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
85.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 86% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Olentangy Liberty High School
Olentangy Liberty High School's state test result (89.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olentangy Liberty High School this school | 1,847 | 8.5% | 89.7% |
| Olentangy Berlin High School Delaware | 1,823 | 10.8% | 86.6% |
| Olentangy High School Lewis Center | 1,760 | 10.9% | 89.3% |
| Orange High School Lewis | 1,936 | 18.9% | 84.3% |
| Sycamore High School Cincinnati | 1,678 | 20.4% | 85.9% |
| Dublin Coffman High School Dublin | 1,824 | 22.3% | 79.8% |
Matched among Ohio high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Olentangy Liberty High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.7% | #20 of 403 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.5% | #18 of 776 ▲ 17 | #1 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.4% | #40 of 774 ▼ 12 | #2 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #168 of 742 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,847 | #27 of 888 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #656 of 739 | #9 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #187 of 749 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.5% | #428 of 435 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.9% | #162 of 484 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,847
-144 (-7%) vs 2020
+25% since 2010-11, when it was 1,472
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 21.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,847 | 86.8 | 21.3:1 | 9% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 1,837 | 92.2 | 19.9:1 | 8% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 1,877 | 93.8 | 20.0:1 | 3% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 1,991 | 94 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 2,197 | 102.5 | 21.4:1 | 2% (49) |
| 2015-16 | 2,060 | 97 | 21.2:1 | 3% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 1,472 | 88 | 16.7:1 | 4% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Olentangy Liberty High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (2,197 to 1,847); teachers down 15% (102.5 to 86.8).
About Olentangy Liberty High School
Olentangy Liberty High School is a large high school with its address in Powell, Ohio. It teaches 1,847 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Ohio have about 565 students on average; enrollment here is 227% higher.
Olentangy Local (29 schools, 24,133 students) runs Olentangy Liberty High School.
Of every 100 students at Olentangy Liberty High School, about 71 are White. It is also 17% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Delaware County's residents are about 80% White, 9 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Olentangy Liberty High School scores 46%.
Its staff includes 86.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 21.3 students per teacher. Compared with the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 9% of students at Olentangy Liberty High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Delaware County is 20%.
Among Ohio public high schools, Olentangy Liberty High School outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Olentangy Liberty High School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 89.7% is 4.2 points above the 85.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Delaware County, home to about 226,834 people, the median household earns about $133,540 a year, roughly 59% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Delaware County number 59, with about 44,100 students.
The closest school to Olentangy Liberty High School is Indian Springs Elementary, located about 0.2 miles away. Olentangy Liberty High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Olentangy Liberty High School ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 89.7% versus an 88.4% average.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's student count decreased 7% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Olentangy Liberty High School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,834
Census ACS
Median income
$133,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
44,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Olentangy Local
- Orange High SchoolHigh · 1,936 students
- Olentangy Berlin High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Olentangy High SchoolHigh · 1,760 students
- Olentangy Orange Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,056 students
- Olentangy Shanahan Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,029 students
- Olentangy Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,005 students
Other schools in Powell
- Olentangy Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,005 students
- Hyatts Middle SchoolMiddle · 835 students
- Wyandot Run Elementary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- Liberty Tree Elementary SchoolElementary · 727 students
- Indian Springs ElementaryElementary · 721 students
- Scioto Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 642 students
Nearby schools
- Indian Springs Elementary0.2 mi · 721
- Hyatts Middle School0.6 mi · 835
- Liberty Tree Elementary School0.6 mi · 727
- Olentangy Liberty Middle School1.3 mi · 1,005
- Wyandot Run Elementary School1.4 mi · 733
- Scioto Ridge Elementary School2.6 mi · 642
Frequently asked questions
About Olentangy Liberty High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Olentangy Liberty High School?
Olentangy Liberty High School enrolls approximately 1,847 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Olentangy Liberty High School serve?
Olentangy Liberty High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Olentangy Liberty High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Olentangy Liberty High School is approximately 21.3:1 (87 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Olentangy Liberty High School?
At Olentangy Liberty High School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 17% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Olentangy Liberty High School public or private?
Olentangy Liberty High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Olentangy Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.