Westerville Central High School

As a big secondary school in Westerville, Ohio, Westerville Central High School enrolls 1,485 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Westerville City. Enrollment runs roughly 163% bigger than the state mean of about 565.

Across the 24 schools in Westerville City (14,589 students total), Westerville Central High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Westerville Central High School shows that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 26% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Delaware County runs at roughly 20%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Westerville Central High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.3%; this one delivers 67.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Delaware County indicate median household income runs about $133,540, roughly 59% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Delaware County's 59 public schools (combined enrollment of about 44,100 students), Westerville Central High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Alcott Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Westerville Central High School. On composite proficiency, Westerville Central High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 77.8%.

Westerville Central High School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 21%: 1,872 students in 2018 compared to 1,485 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 60% to 51% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

On allk12, members of the Westerville Central High School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.