Pickerington High School Central

Pickerington High School Central operates as a high-enrollment four-year high school in Pickerington, Ohio, overseen by Pickerington Local. Current enrollment sits at 1,711 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Pickerington High School Central sits 203% above that benchmark.

Pickerington High School Central is one of 16 schools operated by Pickerington Local, a district that serves 11,729 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Pickerington High School Central logs that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% White, 9% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

On the resource side, Pickerington High School Central shows 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Pickerington High School Central higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Fairfield County put median household earnings sit near $90,966, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fairfield County runs 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,447 students), of which Pickerington High School Central is one.

Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pickerington High School Central has changed only slightly, going from 1,717 students in 2018 to 1,711 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 52% to 36%.

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