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Enrollment
1,623
High
DISTRICT 1,668 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WORTHINGTON CITY·NCES 390451304479
Worthington Kilbourne High School
1499 Hard Rd, Columbus, OH 43235 · (614) 450-6400 · Franklin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,623 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Ohio public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
17.8:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
523 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 408 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 389 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 388 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 438 | 27% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
77.5%
OH avg 59.8% . -6.1pp since 2021
Math
61.0%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.5% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.2% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 82.5% | 59.9% |
| 2021-22 | 83.6% | 62.0% |
% 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
75.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Worthington Kilbourne High School
Worthington Kilbourne High School's state test result (75.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worthington Kilbourne High School this school | 1,623 | 32.2% | 75.9% |
| Hilliard Davidson High School Hilliard | 1,847 | 31.6% | 74.7% |
| Findlay High School Findlay | 1,592 | 36.1% | 67.2% |
| Marion L Steele High School Amherst | 1,014 | 34.1% | 77.0% |
| Hilliard Bradley High School Hilliard | 1,712 | 37.3% | 71.8% |
| Hilliard Darby High School Hilliard | 1,674 | 34.2% | 70.3% |
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 Worthington Kilbourne High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.9% | #141 of 403 | #7 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #224 of 776 ▲ 14 | #9 of 55 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.5% | #172 of 774 ▲ 23 | #6 of 55 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.6pp | #98 of 742 | #4 of 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,623 | #52 of 888 | #13 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #482 of 739 | #24 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #135 of 749 | #30 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.2% | #304 of 435 | #14 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.5% | #34 of 198 | #3 of 23 |
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
1,623
+280 (+21%) vs 2020
-6% since 2000-01, when it was 1,733
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 1,623 | 91.3 | 17.8:1 | 32% (523) |
| 2023-24 | 1,561 | 82.1 | 19.0:1 | 30% (474) |
| 2022-23 | 1,505 | 78.3 | 19.2:1 | 26% (387) |
| 2020-21 | 1,343 | 69 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,263 | 68.8 | 18.4:1 | 20% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 1,215 | 76 | 16.0:1 | 23% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 1,287 | 82 | 15.7:1 | 17% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 1,733 | 110 | 15.8:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Worthington Kilbourne High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (1,263 to 1,623); teachers up 33% (68.8 to 91.3).
About Worthington Kilbourne High School
Worthington Kilbourne High School is a high school in Columbus, Ohio, according to federal school records. It serves 1,623 students in grades 9 through 12. For comparison, high schools in Ohio average about 565 students.
Worthington City enrolls 10,874 students, and its 19 schools include Worthington Kilbourne High School.
A majority of students at Worthington Kilbourne High School, 64%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Worthington Kilbourne High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
Its 91.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.8:1. High schools in Ohio average about 17.7:1, a similar figure. The school's lunch program data list 32% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Franklin County is 9 points.
Measured against Ohio public high schools, Worthington Kilbourne High School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Worthington Kilbourne High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 75.9% and a predicted 76.6%.
In the county around the school, Franklin County, median household income is about $75,176, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Worthington Kilbourne High School is among the 402 public schools in Franklin County.
Mccord Middle School is the public school closest to Worthington Kilbourne High School, about 0.2 miles away. Worthington Kilbourne High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Worthington Kilbourne High School ranks 5th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 75.9% against a local average of 77.3%.
NCES assigns Worthington Kilbourne High School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Worthington Kilbourne High School went from 1,343 students to 1,623. The ratio was 19.5:1 in 2020-21 and 17.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Worthington City
- Thomas Worthington High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- Worthingway Middle SchoolMiddle · 640 students
- Mccord Middle SchoolMiddle · 636 students
- Worthington Estates Elementary SchoolElementary · 555 students
- Perry Middle SchoolMiddle · 528 students
- Worthington Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
Other schools in Columbus
- KIPP ColumbusCombined · 1,945 students
- Great River Connections AcademyCombined · 1,608 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Northland High SchoolHigh · 1,029 students
- Hamilton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,028 students
- Whetstone High SchoolHigh · 1,017 students
Nearby schools
- Mccord Middle School0.2 mi · 636
- Granby Elementary School0.3 mi · 404
- Worthington Hills Elementary School0.6 mi · 528
- Sutter Park Preschool0.7 mi · 321
- Liberty Elementary School0.7 mi · 425
- Bluffsview Elementary School0.7 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About Worthington Kilbourne High SchoolHow large is Worthington Kilbourne High School?
Worthington Kilbourne High School enrolls approximately 1,623 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Worthington Kilbourne High School serve?
Worthington Kilbourne High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Worthington Kilbourne High School have?
Worthington Kilbourne High School employs 91 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Worthington Kilbourne High School?
Student demographics at Worthington Kilbourne High School are roughly 64% White, 15% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Worthington Kilbourne High School in?
Worthington Kilbourne High School is part of Worthington City.
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