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Enrollment
1,587
High
DISTRICT 1,527 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERVILLE CITY·NCES 390450401961
Westerville-North High School
950 County Line Rd, Westerville, OH 43081 · (614) 797-6200 · Delaware County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,587 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Ohio public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
92 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
613 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 415 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 419 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 374 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 379 | 24% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.1%
OH avg 59.8% . -4.7pp since 2021
Math
54.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.1% | 54.5% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 55.4% |
| 2022-23 | 75.3% | 52.8% |
| 2021-22 | 71.8% | 52.0% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
67.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Westerville-North High School
Westerville-North High School's state test result (67.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westerville-North High School this school | 1,587 | 38.6% | 67.4% |
| Westerville Central High School Westerville | 1,485 | 38.3% | 67.1% |
| Lincoln High School Gahanna | 2,468 | 33.8% | 66.8% |
| Northmont High School Clayton | 1,369 | 44.9% | 69.6% |
| Westerville-South High School Westerville | 1,509 | 49.4% | 68.8% |
| Mayfield High School Cleveland | 1,504 | 29.1% | 76.3% |
Matched among Ohio high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Westerville-North High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #250 of 403 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #311 of 776 ▼ 41 | #9 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #367 of 774 ▼ 60 | #8 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #164 of 742 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,587 | #63 of 888 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #437 of 739 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #66 of 749 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.6% | #257 of 435 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #123 of 198 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,587
+54 (+4%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 1,689
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,587 | 91.7 | 17.3:1 | 39% (613) |
| 2023-24 | 1,542 | 89.5 | 17.2:1 | 37% (569) |
| 2022-23 | 1,524 | 88.5 | 17.2:1 | 28% (430) |
| 2020-21 | 1,533 | 87 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,508 | 83.2 | 18.1:1 | 31% (466) |
| 2015-16 | 1,447 | 77 | 18.8:1 | 29% (417) |
| 2010-11 | 1,475 | 77 | 19.2:1 | 20% (291) |
| 2000-01 | 2,220 | 108 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,689 | 84 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Westerville-North High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,508 to 1,587); teachers up 10% (83.2 to 91.7).
About Westerville-North High School
Westerville-North High School is a large high school based in Westerville, Ohio. It enrolls 1,587 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. It has 181% more students than the average for high schools in Ohio (about 565).
Westerville-North High School falls under Westerville City, which has 24 schools enrolling 14,589 students.
The largest group at Westerville-North High School is White students, at 51%. Smaller groups are 28% Black, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 80% of Delaware County residents are White. The diversity index for Westerville-North High School is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 91.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.3:1. The 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio is close to this figure. Westerville-North High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 39%. Public schools in Delaware County average 20%.
On the allk12 Grade, Westerville-North High School lands at B-, ahead of 46% of Ohio public high schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Westerville-North High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 67.4%; the prediction is 74.2%.
The county, Delaware County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $133,540, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 59% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. The county's public schools total 59, with about 44,100 students.
The closest school to Westerville-North High School is Robert Frost Elementary School, located about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Westerville-North High School. On proficiency, Westerville-North High School is behind the 73.7% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
Federal data place Westerville-North High School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Westerville-North High School had a net gain of 54 students, or 4%.
The discussion board for Westerville-North High School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,834
Census ACS
Median income
$133,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
44,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Westerville City
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Minerva Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 753 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Blendon Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
Other schools in Westerville
- Westerville-South High SchoolHigh · 1,509 students
- Westerville Central High SchoolHigh · 1,485 students
- Cornerstone Academy Community SchoolCombined · 1,192 students
- Genoa Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Walnut Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 613 students
- Blendon Middle SchoolMiddle · 609 students
Nearby schools
- Robert Frost Elementary School0.2 mi · 420
- Heritage Middle School0.3 mi · 592
- Walnut Springs Middle School0.7 mi · 613
- Mark Twain Elementary School1.0 mi · 398
- McVay Elementary School1.2 mi · 591
- Cherrington Elementary School1.4 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Westerville-North High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Westerville-North High School?
Westerville-North High School enrolls approximately 1,587 students in grades 09-12.
Is Westerville-North High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Westerville-North High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Westerville-North High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Westerville-North High School is approximately 17.3:1 (92 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Westerville-North High School?
Westerville-North High School reports a student body of 51% White, 8% Hispanic, 28% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Westerville-North High School?
Westerville-North High School is overseen by Westerville City in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.