Thomas Worthington High School

Summary:

Thomas Worthington High School is a public high school in Worthington, Ohio, serving 1,826 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Worthington City School District, which is ranked 166 out of 839 districts in Ohio and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Thomas Worthington High School consistently ranks among the top 20% of high schools in Ohio, with students performing significantly better than the state average on Ohio State Tests. The school's four-year graduation rate is 93.9%, well above the state average. Compared to nearby schools like Worthington Kilbourne High School, Thomas Worthington generally outperforms them in academic metrics. However, the school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 11.4% in 2019-2020 to 27.7% in 2021-2022, before declining to 18.7% in 2023-2024.

The school's relatively high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds (24.92% free/reduced lunch recipients) may be a contributing factor to the lower performance of this subgroup compared to the overall school performance. This suggests that the school may need to allocate additional resources and support to address the unique needs of its economically disadvantaged students.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 300 W Granville Rd
       Worthington, OH  43085-3527


(614) 450-6200

District: Worthington City

SchoolDigger Rank:
141st of 864 Ohio High Schools


Feeder schools for Thomas Worthington High School:

Elementary:    Colonial Hills Elementary School
    Evening Street Elementary School
    Wilson Hill Elementary School
    Worthington Estates Elementary School
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Middle:    Kilbourne Middle School
    Worthingway Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  17.4 Help
Number of students:  1,826

Racial breakdown:

White:
62.7%
African American:
14.5%
Hispanic:
10.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  24.9% Help


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Compare Details Thomas Worthington High School ranks better than 83.7% of high schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 74.71. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Thomas Worthington High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high 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:

Thomas Worthington High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Thomas Worthington High School 141st of 864 Ohio public high schools. (See Thomas Worthington High School in the ranking list.)

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Worthington City:

SchoolDigger ranks Worthington City 166th of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Thomas Worthington High School

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Rank History for all students at Thomas Worthington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 89.25 35th 681 94.9%
2005 83.19 60th 689 91.3%
2006 74.41 152nd 696 78.2%
2007 72.77 157th 756 79.2%
2008 71.92 177th 767 76.9%
2009 72.32 169th 791 78.6%
2010 71.70 195th 819 76.2%
2011 73.14 167th 818 79.6%
2012 75.39 120th 832 85.6%
2013 69.70 205th 767 73.3%
2014 72.34 162nd 769 78.9%
2015 70.31 147th 778 81.1%
2016 72.79 124th 784 84.2%
2017 77.03 86th 773 88.9%
2018 72.30 132nd 800 83.5%
2019 70.79 170th 836 79.7%
2021 73.28 132nd 819 83.9%
2022 72.35 154th 836 81.6%
2023 74.94 132nd 867 84.8%
2024 74.71 141st 864 83.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Thomas Worthington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.82 28th 201 86.1%
2019 73.87 56th 208 73.1%
2021 64.77 68th 211 67.8%
2022 66.68 77th 222 65.3%
2023 81.76 31st 239 87.0%
2024 75.56 54th 242 77.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Thomas Worthington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.24 27th 100 73.0%
2019 60.55 35th 112 68.8%
2021 53.00 48th 119 59.7%
2022 58.69 33rd 111 70.3%
2023 43.67 50th 107 53.3%
2024 68.60 23rd 111 79.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Thomas Worthington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 84.79 45th 614 92.7%
2024 82.42 48th 598 92.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Thomas Worthington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.95 348th 758 54.1%
2019 56.61 374th 779 52.0%
2021 58.95 277th 763 63.7%
2022 59.99 291st 773 62.4%
2023 54.57 391st 805 51.4%
2024 63.43 291st 822 64.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Thomas Worthington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.17 150th 751 80.0%
2019 73.26 174th 781 77.7%
2021 69.64 207th 775 73.3%
2022 71.65 195th 794 75.4%
2023 78.66 122nd 813 85.0%
2024 74.05 181st 798 77.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Thomas Worthington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.32 64th 550 88.4%
2019 63.03 158th 628 74.8%
2021 62.58 146th 596 75.5%
2022 62.49 129th 606 78.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Thomas Worthington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.15 302nd 538 43.9%
2021 73.69 49th 349 86.0%
2022 77.11 27th 312 91.3%
2024 74.32 48th 280 82.9%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Thomas Worthington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 29.36 6th 8 25.0%
2022 46.61 9th 17 47.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Thomas Worthington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.47 182nd 763 76.1%
2019 71.89 197th 792 75.1%
2021 72.35 163rd 778 79.0%
2022 69.91 218th 808 73.0%
2023 77.02 160th 819 80.5%
2024 77.29 148th 816 81.9%
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Rank History for Asian students at Thomas Worthington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.54 43rd 87 50.6%
2019 58.18 43rd 76 43.4%
2021 71.41 28th 84 66.7%
2022 72.03 31st 87 64.4%
2023 66.53 35th 86 59.3%
2024 81.89 9th 78 88.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Thomas Worthington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.23 54th 279 80.6%
2019 66.78 95th 303 68.6%
2021 69.71 64th 284 77.5%
2022 74.72 63rd 306 79.4%
2023 70.36 80th 323 75.2%
2024 71.36 72nd 318 77.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Thomas Worthington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.81 90th 184 51.1%
2019 52.04 116th 207 44.0%
2021 50.36 122nd 239 49.0%
2022 44.65 151st 260 41.9%
2023 59.41 110th 270 59.3%
2024 68.61 79th 273 71.1%
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Rank History for White students at Thomas Worthington High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.51 115th 718 84.0%
2019 81.83 83rd 739 88.8%
2021 80.46 91st 727 87.5%
2022 76.43 140th 749 81.3%
2023 84.79 66th 756 91.3%
2024 84.08 75th 754 90.1%
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.

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Enrollment information for Thomas Worthington High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 2492 73 104 11 4 n/a n/a 0 2684
1989 2452 73 59 9 0 n/a n/a 0 2593
1990 2306 87 94 11 1 n/a n/a 0 2499
1991 2369 87 112 11 1 n/a n/a 0 2580
1992 1334 48 71 4 2 n/a n/a 0 1459
1993 1354 53 67 3 2 n/a n/a 0 1479
1994 1367 49 80 8 2 n/a n/a 0 1506
1995 1378 79 82 14 1 n/a n/a 0 1554
1996 1378 79 82 14 1 n/a n/a 0 1554
1997 1405 75 86 16 1 n/a n/a 0 1583
1998 1419 88 80 20 1 n/a n/a 0 1608
1999 1457 93 83 14 3 n/a n/a 0 1650
2000 1438 104 104 29 14 n/a n/a 0 1689
2001 1438 106 111 29 5 n/a n/a 0 1689
2002 1394 122 114 38 0 n/a n/a 2 1670
2003 1394 122 114 38 0 n/a n/a 2 1670
2004 1396 103 116 37 5 n/a n/a 7 1664
2005 1391 123 119 42 2 n/a n/a 12 1689
2006 1408 135 121 52 1 n/a n/a 12 1729
2007 1369 152 116 59 5 n/a n/a 16 1717
2008 1302 166 110 70 6 n/a n/a 21 1675
2009 1231 173 116 62 5 n/a n/a 34 1621
2010 1210 169 93 65 5 n/a n/a 41 1583
2011 1151 155 99 63 2 0 56 0 1526
2012 1096 151 100 62 2 0 58 0 1469
2013 1118 161 102 79 1 1 81 0 1543
2014 1087 180 92 99 2 4 86 0 1550
2015 1082 194 102 108 2 3 107 0 1598
2016 1128 224 103 136 0 3 114 0 1708
2017 1102 219 93 154 1 2 107 0 1678
2018 1104 212 97 185 1 2 124 0 1725
2019 1110 216 86 191 1 0 143 0 1747
2020 1122 230 83 196 3 0 147 0 1781
2021 1134 251 75 210 2 0 160 0 1832
2022 1115 268 83 190 1 0 153 0 1810
2023 1144 264 76 186 2 1 153 0 1826

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 Thomas Worthington High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2684 140.0 19.1 0
1989 2593 144.0 18.0 n/a
1990 2499 141.8 17.6 n/a
1991 2580 148.6 17.3 n/a
1992 1459 103.2 14.1 n/a
1993 1479 93.7 15.8 0
1994 1506 92.7 16.2 0
1995 1554 90.3 17.2 0
1996 1554 90.3 17.2 0
1997 1583 99.1 16.0 0
1998 1608 101.8 15.8 0
1999 1650 109.0 15.1 0
2000 1689 113.2 14.9 0
2001 1689 116.4 14.5 0
2002 1670 115.1 14.5 0
2003 1670 115.1 14.5 0
2004 1664 106.8 15.6 n/a
2005 1689 105.7 16.0 0
2006 1729 104.9 16.5 0
2007 1717 106.1 16.2 10
2008 1675 102.7 16.3 n/a
2009 1621 102.6 15.8 15.6
2010 1583 101.9 15.5 24.2
2011 1526 102.7 14.8 22.9
2012 1469 96.9 15.1 24
2013 1543 94.7 16.2 29
2014 1550 100.2 15.4 23.4
2015 1598 n/a n/a 40.7
2016 1708 97.0 17.6 25.9
2017 1678 101.8 16.4 27.1
2018 1725 101.6 16.9 28.2
2019 1747 98.6 17.7 25.5
2020 1781 104.6 17.0 24.9
2021 1832 106.1 17.2 n/a
2022 1810 106.5 16.9 n/a
2023 1826 104.6 17.4 24.9

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 Thomas Worthington High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2684 140.0 19.1 0
1989 2593 144.0 18.0 n/a
1990 2499 141.8 17.6 n/a
1991 2580 148.6 17.3 n/a
1992 1459 103.2 14.1 n/a
1993 1479 93.7 15.8 0
1994 1506 92.7 16.2 0
1995 1554 90.3 17.2 0
1996 1554 90.3 17.2 0
1997 1583 99.1 16.0 0
1998 1608 101.8 15.8 0
1999 1650 109.0 15.1 0
2000 1689 113.2 14.9 0
2001 1689 116.4 14.5 0
2002 1670 115.1 14.5 0
2003 1670 115.1 14.5 0
2004 1664 106.8 15.6 n/a
2005 1689 105.7 16.0 0
2006 1729 104.9 16.5 0
2007 1717 106.1 16.2 10
2008 1675 102.7 16.3 n/a
2009 1621 102.6 15.8 15.6
2010 1583 101.9 15.5 24.2
2011 1526 102.7 14.8 22.9
2012 1469 96.9 15.1 24
2013 1543 94.7 16.2 29
2014 1550 100.2 15.4 23.4
2015 1598 n/a n/a 40.7
2016 1708 97.0 17.6 25.9
2017 1678 101.8 16.4 27.1
2018 1725 101.6 16.9 28.2
2019 1747 98.6 17.7 25.5
2020 1781 104.6 17.0 24.9
2021 1832 106.1 17.2 n/a
2022 1810 106.5 16.9 n/a
2023 1826 104.6 17.4 24.9

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 Thomas Worthington High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $12,467
2022 $12,834
2023 $13,050

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
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Impact of COVID-19 on Thomas Worthington High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 170th of 836 High schoolsRanks 132nd of 867 High schools
 5.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course American Government (Thomas Worthington High School)86.284.4
 1.8%
   End of Course American Government (Worthington City)8786.9
 0.1%
   End of Course American Government (Ohio)77.772
 5.7%
End of Course American History (Thomas Worthington High School)87.184
 3.1%
   End of Course American History (Worthington City)89.186.3
 2.8%
   End of Course American History (Ohio)78.169.7
 8.4%
End of Course Biology (Thomas Worthington High School)85.580.4
 5.1%
   End of Course Biology (Worthington City)86.783.2
 3.5%
   End of Course Biology (Ohio)73.763.7
 10%
End of Course English II (Thomas Worthington High School)75.977.1
 1.2%
   End of Course English II (Worthington City)79.179.7
 0.6%
   End of Course English II (Ohio)66.260.8
 5.4%
End of Course Integrated Math I (Thomas Worthington High School)61.454.8
 6.6%
   End of Course Integrated Math I (Worthington City)74.468.5
 5.9%
   End of Course Integrated Math I (Ohio)43.639.4
 4.2%
End of Course Integrated Math II (Thomas Worthington High School)61.560.4
 1.1%
   End of Course Integrated Math II (Worthington City)6361.9
 1.1%
   End of Course Integrated Math II (Ohio)35.833.1
 2.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students17471826
 4.5%
African American216264
 22.2%
American Indian12
 100%
Asian8676
 11.6%
Hispanic191186
 2.6%
Pacific Islander01
White11101144
 3.1%
Two or More Races143153
 7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients25.5%24.9%
 0.6%


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Thomas Worthington High School ranks 141st of 864 Ohio high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,826 students attended Thomas Worthington High School.

Students at Thomas Worthington High School are 63% White, 14% African American, 10% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 4% Asian.


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