Upper Arlington High School

Summary:

Upper Arlington High School is a highly successful public high school serving 1,867 students in grades 9-12 in Upper Arlington, Ohio, which is part of the Upper Arlington City School District. The school consistently ranks among the top high schools in Ohio, receiving a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger and ranking 34th out of 864 schools in the state for the 2023-2024 school year.

Upper Arlington High School's students perform exceptionally well on state assessments, with proficiency rates significantly higher than the state averages across all subject areas, including American Government (94.8%), American History (93.1%), Biology (89.8%), English II (89.5%), Geometry (83.7%), and Algebra I (80%). The school also maintains a very high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 95.7% to 98.8% over the past five school years. In comparison, nearby schools in the Columbus City Schools District, such as Columbus Alternative High School, Linden-McKinley STEM Academy, and Whetstone High School, significantly lag behind in academic achievement and graduation rates.

While Upper Arlington High School's performance is impressive, it is important to note that the school has a relatively low percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (3.7%), indicating a relatively affluent student population compared to many other schools in the area. This contrasts with schools like Graham School The, which have much higher percentages of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. Additionally, the school has seen an increase in chronic absenteeism rates, from 5.9% in 2019-2020 to 17.4% in 2023-2024, which is an area the school may want to monitor and address to ensure continued high levels of student engagement and academic success.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1625 Zollinger Rd
       Upper Arlington, OH  43221-2962


(614) 487-5200

District: Upper Arlington City

SchoolDigger Rank:
34th of 864 Ohio High Schools


Feeder schools for Upper Arlington High School:

Elementary:    Barrington Road Elementary School
    Greensview Elementary School
    Tremont Elementary School
    Windermere Elementary School
Middle:    Hastings Middle School
    Jones Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  22.4 Help
Number of students:  1,867

Racial breakdown:

White:
83.1%
Asian:
6.2%
Two or more races:
5.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  3.7% Help


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Compare Details Upper Arlington High School ranks better than 96.1% of high schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 85.84. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Upper Arlington High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
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Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Upper Arlington High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Upper Arlington High School 34th of 864 Ohio public high schools. (See Upper Arlington High School in the ranking list.)

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Upper Arlington City:

SchoolDigger ranks Upper Arlington City 53rd of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Upper Arlington High School

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Rank History for all students at Upper Arlington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 86.82 67th 681 90.2%
2005 87.80 16th 689 97.7%
2006 83.52 32nd 696 95.4%
2007 80.21 33rd 756 95.6%
2008 82.83 14th 767 98.2%
2009 82.47 19th 791 97.6%
2010 82.46 16th 819 98.0%
2011 81.06 26th 818 96.8%
2012 80.89 21st 832 97.5%
2013 80.73 32nd 767 95.8%
2014 81.12 31st 769 96.0%
2015 72.80 111th 778 85.7%
2016 84.07 23rd 784 97.1%
2017 88.78 9th 773 98.8%
2018 83.19 27th 800 96.6%
2019 81.93 41st 836 95.1%
2021 82.85 45th 819 94.5%
2022 85.81 24th 836 97.1%
2023 85.77 32nd 867 96.3%
2024 85.84 34th 864 96.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Upper Arlington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.67 7th 201 96.5%
2019 87.51 19th 208 90.9%
2021 79.54 31st 211 85.3%
2022 94.68 5th 222 97.7%
2023 92.42 7th 239 97.1%
2024 88.93 13th 242 94.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Upper Arlington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 94.23 8th 112 92.9%
2021 73.13 22nd 119 81.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Upper Arlington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 97.44 9th 614 98.5%
2024 95.29 15th 598 97.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Upper Arlington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.55 10th 758 98.7%
2019 88.45 23rd 779 97.0%
2021 70.98 147th 763 80.7%
2022 68.09 198th 773 74.4%
2023 79.10 86th 805 89.3%
2024 77.05 125th 822 84.8%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Upper Arlington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.20 32nd 751 95.7%
2019 85.41 41st 781 94.8%
2021 84.27 54th 775 93.0%
2022 88.82 23rd 794 97.1%
2023 89.70 21st 813 97.4%
2024 89.99 18th 798 97.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Upper Arlington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 98.04 7th 550 98.7%
2019 97.40 11th 628 98.2%
2021 94.13 14th 596 97.7%
2022 97.13 12th 606 98.0%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Upper Arlington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.40 298th 538 44.6%
2019 77.43 15th 272 94.5%
2021 78.64 15th 349 95.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Upper Arlington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.19 33rd 763 95.7%
2019 88.79 28th 792 96.5%
2021 88.15 33rd 778 95.8%
2022 90.71 21st 808 97.4%
2023 90.20 29th 819 96.5%
2024 90.61 27th 816 96.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Upper Arlington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.01 15th 87 82.8%
2019 81.28 8th 76 89.5%
2021 81.23 9th 84 89.3%
2022 84.59 6th 87 93.1%
2023 69.94 33rd 86 61.6%
2024 77.46 20th 78 74.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Upper Arlington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 62.31 105th 306 65.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Upper Arlington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.21 6th 184 96.7%
2019 82.88 22nd 207 89.4%
2021 81.25 32nd 239 86.6%
2022 95.49 3rd 260 98.8%
2023 93.90 7th 270 97.4%
2024 93.54 10th 273 96.3%
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Rank History for White students at Upper Arlington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.58 41st 718 94.3%
2019 88.74 22nd 739 97.0%
2021 86.69 43rd 727 94.1%
2022 89.80 24th 749 96.8%
2023 89.49 27th 756 96.4%
2024 89.97 24th 754 96.8%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: Ohio Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Upper Arlington High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1765 5 23 2 0 n/a n/a 0 1795
1989 1584 3 22 1 0 n/a n/a 0 1610
1990 1480 7 28 2 0 n/a n/a 0 1517
1991 1395 6 67 16 0 n/a n/a 0 1484
1992 1381 6 54 5 0 n/a n/a 0 1446
1993 1438 5 49 10 0 n/a n/a 0 1502
1994 1431 5 51 13 0 n/a n/a 0 1500
1995 1516 11 56 14 0 n/a n/a 0 1597
1996 1516 11 56 14 0 n/a n/a 0 1597
1997 1609 7 52 14 0 n/a n/a 0 1682
1998 1651 9 55 10 1 n/a n/a 0 1726
1999 1721 9 60 9 1 n/a n/a 0 1800
2000 1745 11 70 10 1 n/a n/a 0 1837
2001 1682 11 78 12 0 n/a n/a 0 1783
2002 1726 13 113 12 1 n/a n/a 4 1869
2003 1726 13 113 12 1 n/a n/a 4 1869
2004 1749 16 129 9 1 n/a n/a 7 1911
2005 1770 17 137 12 1 n/a n/a 8 1945
2006 1717 17 129 16 1 n/a n/a 11 1891
2007 1716 14 106 23 0 n/a n/a 20 1879
2008 1703 14 127 20 1 n/a n/a 18 1883
2009 1573 10 103 15 3 n/a n/a 22 1726
2010 1562 13 95 15 3 n/a n/a 23 1711
2011 1639 14 111 16 3 0 23 0 1806
2012 1618 11 97 15 2 0 22 0 1765
2013 1611 19 103 16 2 0 32 0 1783
2014 1574 18 108 12 3 1 31 0 1747
2015 1590 12 112 12 2 0 38 0 1766
2016 1618 12 105 19 1 1 59 0 1815
2017 1556 10 103 49 0 2 82 0 1802
2018 1590 15 108 54 0 2 102 0 1871
2019 1568 20 105 62 0 2 118 0 1875
2020 1539 21 109 60 0 1 106 0 1836
2021 1564 24 114 60 0 1 121 0 1884
2022 1565 38 102 59 0 2 114 0 1880
2023 1552 38 115 58 0 1 103 0 1867

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Upper Arlington High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1795 116.0 15.4 0
1989 1610 107.0 15.0 n/a
1990 1517 102.5 14.8 n/a
1991 1484 96.0 15.4 n/a
1992 1446 109.6 13.1 n/a
1993 1502 103.7 14.5 0
1994 1500 104.5 14.4 0
1995 1597 104.1 15.3 0
1996 1597 104.1 15.3 0
1997 1682 106.0 15.9 0
1998 1726 113.2 15.2 0
1999 1800 115.2 15.6 0
2000 1837 121.0 15.2 0
2001 1783 121.9 14.6 0
2002 1869 132.8 14.1 0
2003 1869 132.8 14.1 0
2004 1911 128.7 14.8 n/a
2005 1945 125.9 15.4 0
2006 1891 134.3 14.1 0
2007 1879 124.1 15.1 0
2008 1883 123.0 15.3 n/a
2009 1726 131.6 13.1 0
2010 1711 122.9 13.9 0
2011 1806 127.9 14.1 0
2012 1765 127.8 13.8 0
2013 1783 123.2 14.4 0
2014 1747 106.7 16.3 0
2015 1766 n/a n/a 0
2016 1815 111.0 16.3 0
2017 1802 110.7 16.2 n/a
2018 1871 107.7 17.3 n/a
2019 1875 110.6 16.9 n/a
2020 1836 109.4 16.7 n/a
2021 1884 69.5 27.0 n/a
2022 1880 79.3 23.7 n/a
2023 1867 83.2 22.4 3.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Upper Arlington High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1795 116.0 15.4 0
1989 1610 107.0 15.0 n/a
1990 1517 102.5 14.8 n/a
1991 1484 96.0 15.4 n/a
1992 1446 109.6 13.1 n/a
1993 1502 103.7 14.5 0
1994 1500 104.5 14.4 0
1995 1597 104.1 15.3 0
1996 1597 104.1 15.3 0
1997 1682 106.0 15.9 0
1998 1726 113.2 15.2 0
1999 1800 115.2 15.6 0
2000 1837 121.0 15.2 0
2001 1783 121.9 14.6 0
2002 1869 132.8 14.1 0
2003 1869 132.8 14.1 0
2004 1911 128.7 14.8 n/a
2005 1945 125.9 15.4 0
2006 1891 134.3 14.1 0
2007 1879 124.1 15.1 0
2008 1883 123.0 15.3 n/a
2009 1726 131.6 13.1 0
2010 1711 122.9 13.9 0
2011 1806 127.9 14.1 0
2012 1765 127.8 13.8 0
2013 1783 123.2 14.4 0
2014 1747 106.7 16.3 0
2015 1766 n/a n/a 0
2016 1815 111.0 16.3 0
2017 1802 110.7 16.2 n/a
2018 1871 107.7 17.3 n/a
2019 1875 110.6 16.9 n/a
2020 1836 109.4 16.7 n/a
2021 1884 69.5 27.0 n/a
2022 1880 79.3 23.7 n/a
2023 1867 83.2 22.4 3.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Upper Arlington High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $14,775
2022 $14,081
2023 $14,212

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Upper Arlington High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 41st of 836 High schoolsRanks 32nd of 867 High schools
 1.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course American Government (Upper Arlington High School)95.894.9
 0.9%
   End of Course American Government (Upper Arlington City)95.994.7
 1.2%
   End of Course American Government (Ohio)77.772
 5.7%
End of Course American History (Upper Arlington High School)9593.2
 1.8%
   End of Course American History (Upper Arlington City)95.193.3
 1.8%
   End of Course American History (Ohio)78.169.7
 8.4%
End of Course Biology (Upper Arlington High School)90.491.2
 0.8%
   End of Course Biology (Upper Arlington City)90.590.5
   End of Course Biology (Ohio)73.763.7
 10%
End of Course English II (Upper Arlington High School)89.986
 3.9%
   End of Course English II (Upper Arlington City)9086
 4%
   End of Course English II (Ohio)66.260.8
 5.4%
End of Course Geometry (Upper Arlington High School)83.879
 4.8%
   End of Course Geometry (Upper Arlington City)85.582
 3.5%
   End of Course Geometry (Ohio)50.141.8
 8.3%
End of Course Algebra I (Upper Arlington High School)8081.1
 1.1%
   End of Course Algebra I (Upper Arlington City)87.189.6
 2.5%
   End of Course Algebra I (Ohio)61.153
 8.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students18751867
 0.4%
African American2038
 90%
American Indian00
Asian105115
 9.5%
Hispanic6258
 6.5%
Pacific Islander21
 50%
White15681552
 1%
Two or More Races118103
 12.7%


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Yes! Upper Arlington High School is one of the best high schools in the state. It ranks 34th of 864 Ohio high schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,867 students attended Upper Arlington High School.

Students at Upper Arlington High School are 83% White, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 3% Hispanic, 2% African American.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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