Upper Arlington High School

Upper Arlington High School operates as an expansive senior high in Upper Arlington, Ohio, overseen by Upper Arlington City. Current enrollment sits at 1,908 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Upper Arlington High School sits 238% larger than that benchmark.

Upper Arlington City runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 6,669 students. Upper Arlington High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Upper Arlington High School records that nearly all students (83%) are White; the rest comes out to 6% multiracial, 6% Asian, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. Roughly 7% of students at Upper Arlington High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Franklin County (around 41%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Upper Arlington High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 86.0%, the actual is 89.3%, a residual of +3.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Franklin County shows median household earnings sit near $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which Upper Arlington High School is one.

Tremont Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Upper Arlington High School at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 83.4%.

Upper Arlington High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Upper Arlington High School has held roughly steady, going from 1,871 students in 2018 to 1,908 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 22.2:1 in 2025.

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