Sutter Park Preschool

Sutter Park Preschool is one of the tight-knit elementary schools in Powell, Ohio, part of Worthington City, with 321 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. That puts it 21% below the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 404 students.

Within Worthington City, which oversees 19 schools and 10,874 students, Sutter Park Preschool is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Sutter Park Preschool records that 59% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 18% Black, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Franklin County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Sutter Park Preschool tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Franklin County indicate median household income runs about $75,176, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which Sutter Park Preschool is one.

Nearest neighbor: Liberty Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sutter Park Preschool.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 9%: 294 students in 2018 compared to 321 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 6% to 18%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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