Whitehall Yearling High School

Whitehall Yearling High School is one of the sprawling high schools in Whitehall, Ohio, part of Whitehall City, with 993 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 76% larger than typical.

Whitehall City comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,472 students; Whitehall Yearling High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Whitehall Yearling High School logs that the largest single group is Black at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 31% Hispanic, 17% White, 9% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, Whitehall Yearling High School lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

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

Etna Road Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Whitehall Yearling High School has ticked up 12%, going from 883 students in 2018 to 993 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 28% to 17%.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.