Whetstone High School

Whetstone High School is a 9-12 campus of roomy scale in Columbus, Ohio, operated by Columbus City Schools District, serveing 1,017 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 80% larger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.

Within Columbus City Schools District, which oversees 115 schools and 46,249 students, Whetstone High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Whetstone High School lists that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 25% Black, 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Whetstone High School has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Franklin County) logs that median household earnings sit near $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Franklin County runs 402 public schools (combined enrollment of about 195,359 students), of which Whetstone High School is one.

The closest other public school is Ridgeview Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Whetstone High School.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Whetstone High School has ticked up 9%, going from 934 students in 2018 to 1,017 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 11% to 23% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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