Westerville-North High School

Westerville-North High School is a senior high of large scale in Westerville, Ohio, operated by Westerville City, enrolling 1,587 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 181% above typical.

Westerville City runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 14,589 students. Westerville-North High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Westerville-North High School lists that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 28% Black, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 4% Asian. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Delaware County's rate of about 20%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Westerville-North High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 74.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Delaware County) logs that median household earnings sit near $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-North High School is one campus in the mix.

Robert Frost Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Westerville-North High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 73.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 5%: 1,508 students in 2018 compared to 1,587 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 59% to 51%.

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