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Walnut Ridge High School

Public Grades 9-12

746^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 855 Ohio High Schools

Better than 13% of Ohio high schools

Summary

Walnut Ridge High School is a public high school in Columbus, Ohio, serving 727 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Columbus City Schools District, which is ranked 688 out of 828 districts in Ohio and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Walnut Ridge High School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Ohio high schools, maintaining a 1-star rating over the past 10 years.

Walnut Ridge High School faces significant challenges, including low graduation rates ranging from 71.1% to 83.3% in recent years, well below the state average of around 90%. The school also struggles with extremely high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 52.6% to 81.7%, more than double the state average. Academically, Walnut Ridge High School's performance on state standardized tests is well below state and district averages across all subject areas, with proficiency rates as low as 9.1% in Geometry and 47.2% in American Government, compared to state averages of 42.8% and 72.6%, respectively.

Comparing Walnut Ridge High School to nearby high-performing schools, such as Bexley High School and Reynoldsburg High School, highlights the potential for improvement. These schools are ranked in the top half and top third of Ohio high schools, respectively, with much higher graduation rates, lower chronic absenteeism, and significantly better test scores across all subject areas. While Walnut Ridge High School's challenges are significant, addressing attendance, instructional quality, and support for struggling student subgroups could lead to meaningful improvements in student outcomes.

775

Students ?

17.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,668

Per pupil spending ?

82.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4841 E Livingston Ave
Columbus, OH 43227-2172

(614) 365-5400

District: Columbus City Schools District

Feeder schools for Walnut Ridge High School:

Elementary:	Berwick Alternative K-8 School
	Broadleigh Elementary School
	Fairmoor Elementary School
	Leawood Elementary School
	More...
	Olde Orchard Alt Elementary School
	Scottwood Elementary School
	Shady Lane Elementary School
	Woodcrest Elementary School
Middle:	Johnson Park Middle School
	Sherwood Middle School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

61.2%

Hispanic:

25.0%

White:

5.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 9th percentile in 2015 → 13th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Ohio average (29% vs 62% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (13th percentile)

!Algebra I scores 45 pts below the Ohio average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school29%

District avg35%

Ohio avg62%

746^th of 855

Ohio public high schools ?

Bottom 13%▲ up 4 pts since 2015

From bottom 9% (2015) to bottom 13% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

9^th of 19High Schools in the Columbus City Schools District

688^th of 828Columbus City Schools District among Ohio districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	9.0	746 of 855	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	8.7	753 of 864	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.1	714 of 867	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	10.1	717 of 836	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	9.1	717 of 819	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.4	719 of 836	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	7.8	718 of 800	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	12.3	678 of 773	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	14.4	694 of 784	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	10.3	707 of 778	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	7.4	722 of 769	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	4.0	729 of 767	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	14.4	735 of 832	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	29.8	683 of 818	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	21.0	713 of 819	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	28.7	670 of 791	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	29.1	648 of 767	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	10.9	701 of 756	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	3.2	671 of 696	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	7.6	648 of 689	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	1.7	661 of 681	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	24.5	248 of 328	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.8	254 of 318	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.0	205 of 323	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	23.1	235 of 306	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.8	253 of 284	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.0	246 of 303	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.1	243 of 279	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2022	14.8	561 of 606	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	6.1	595 of 596	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.0	626 of 628	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.9	543 of 550	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	43.1	64 of 128	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	27.4	83 of 111	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	62.7	26 of 107	75.7%	★★★★☆
2022	25.8	86 of 111	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.9	85 of 119	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.4	65 of 112	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	17.2	86 of 100	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	5.3	755 of 809	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.9	729 of 798	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.6	695 of 813	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	3.7	735 of 794	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	4.0	729 of 775	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.8	710 of 781	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	5.5	694 of 751	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	11.6	243 of 270	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.3	227 of 273	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.2	205 of 270	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	8.3	240 of 260	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	22.3	199 of 239	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.3	192 of 207	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.6	166 of 184	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2018	22.5	25 of 28	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	10.3	716 of 815	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.0	724 of 822	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.5	646 of 805	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.0	699 of 773	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	8.8	702 of 763	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.6	697 of 779	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	7.9	686 of 758	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	9.8	717 of 817	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	8.0	723 of 816	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.4	696 of 819	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	6.8	727 of 808	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	5.3	725 of 778	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.2	726 of 792	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.1	697 of 763	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	5.6	244 of 254	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	23.8	164 of 201	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	26.1	487 of 617	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.8	377 of 598	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.2	332 of 614	45.9%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	4.9	699 of 748	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.5	627 of 754	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.2	652 of 756	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	3.3	713 of 749	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.1	640 of 739	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)50th percentile+37 vs school

African American (2025)24th percentile+12 vs school

Special Education (2025)21st percentile+8 vs school

Male (2025)12th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)12th percentile~ school

Homeless (2018)11th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)10th percentile-3 vs school

Disabled (2022)7th percentile-7 vs school

Female (2025)7th percentile-6 vs school

White (2025)7th percentile-6 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)4th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2024-2025) ?

American Government47%-25 vs state

American History43%-28 vs state

Biology32%-34 vs state

English II30%-31 vs state

Algebra I15%-45 vs state

Geometry9%-34 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Ohio State Tests Science (2025)	Ohio State Tests American Government (2025)	Ohio State Tests American History (2025)	Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2025)		Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2025)		Ohio State Tests Biology (2025)	Ohio State Tests English II (2025)	Ohio State Tests Geometry (2025)	Ohio State Tests Integrated Math I (2025)	Ohio State Tests Integrated Math II (2025)	Ohio State Tests Algebra I (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests American Government End of Course	Ohio State Tests American History End of Course	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Biology End of Course	Ohio State Tests English II End of Course	Ohio State Tests Geometry End of Course	Ohio State Tests Integrated Math I End of Course	Ohio State Tests Integrated Math II End of Course	Ohio State Tests Algebra I End of Course	Total
Walnut Ridge High School	Public	9-12	4841 E Livingston Ave	Columbus	43227	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5400	775	45	17.2		46 (5.9%)	474 (61.2%)	194 (25.0%)	16 (2.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (5.7%)	9	746^th of 855 public high schools	12.7%		8.7	753^rd of 864 public high schools	12.8%	7		47.2	43.1					31.9	29.6	9.1			14.8	$16,668
Columbus Online Academy	Public, Virtual	7-12	4841 E Livingston Ave	Columbus	43227	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(614) 365-8472	305	29	10.5		80 (26.2%)	169 (55.4%)	28 (9.2%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.2%)	10.5	919^th of 1036 public high schools	11.3%		9.6	737^th of 864 public high schools	14.7%	182	24.3	60.0	37.0	3.1	18.6	18.8	23.3	20.0	28.6	14.3			7.7	$31,065
Arts & College Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	7-12	4401 Hilton Corporate Dr	Columbus	43232	Franklin County	Arts & College Preparatory Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 986-9974	473	29	16.3	51.6%	214 (45.2%)	167 (35.3%)	61 (12.9%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.1%)	57.1	371^st of 855 public high schools	56.6%		58.6	356^th of 864 public high schools	58.8%	15		89.4	81.7	10.0	6.4	57.1	49.1	67.6	66.2	47.8			42.0	$12,461
Capital City Career Prep High School	Public, Charter	9-12	2400 S Hamilton Rd	Columbus	43232	Franklin County	Capital City Career Prep High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 863-9175	93	7	13.2		3 (3.2%)	71 (76.3%)	12 (12.9%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	5 (5.4%)	3	824^th of 855 public high schools	3.6%		6.2	784^th of 864 public high schools	9.3%	40		30.3	22.2					20.0	9.1	5.0			9.1	$14,084
Whitehall Yearling High School	Public	9-12	675 S Yearling Rd	Whitehall	43213	Franklin County	Whitehall City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 417-5100	993	53	18.7		168 (16.9%)	419 (42.2%)	309 (31.1%)	8 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	85 (8.6%)	31.6	616^th of 855 public high schools	28.0%		31.6	611^th of 864 public high schools	29.3%	5		69.9	65.3					53.4	52.2	15.6			37.8	$9,877
Independence High School	Public	9-12	5175 Refugee Rd	Columbus	43232	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5372	852	46	18.5		36 (4.2%)	574 (67.4%)	193 (22.7%)	10 (1.2%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	32 (3.8%)	6.6	779^th of 855 public high schools	8.9%		6.3	783^rd of 864 public high schools	9.4%	4		49.3	28.9					27.5	14.2	10.8			11.1	$15,086
Focus Learning Academy of Southeastern Columbus	Public, Charter	9-12	4480 Refugee Rd	Columbus	43232	Franklin County	Focus Learning Academy of Southeastern Columbus	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 269-0150	242	9	27.2		52 (21.5%)	166 (68.6%)	18 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.7%)	9	747^th of 855 public high schools	12.6%		3.4	841^st of 864 public high schools	2.7%	94		27.8	23.8					14.3	24.0	35.5			26.3	$10,363
Eastmoor Academy	Public	9-12	417 S Weyant Ave	Columbus	43213	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-6158	584	36	16.2		10 (1.7%)	511 (87.5%)	28 (4.8%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.1%)	12.1	720^th of 855 public high schools	15.8%		12.7	710^th of 864 public high schools	17.8%	10		53.8	51.9					35.9	27.7	9.2			10.9	$19,319
Reynoldsburg High School	Public	9-12	6699 E Livingston Ave	Reynoldsburg	43068	Franklin County	Reynoldsburg City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(614) 501-5600	2,115	123	17.2	33.3%	479 (22.6%)	923 (43.6%)	223 (10.5%)	274 (13.0%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	212 (10.0%)	44.8	519^th of 855 public high schools	39.3%		38.2	563^rd of 864 public high schools	34.8%	44		71.0	70.4					57.2	53.9		34.6	26.9		$6,106
Mason Run High School	Public, Charter	9-12	923 S James Rd	Columbus	43227	Franklin County	Mason Run High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 362-7540	127	6	23.0		4 (3.1%)	101 (79.5%)	11 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.3%)	4	813^th of 855 public high schools	4.9%		2.9	849^th of 864 public high schools	1.7%	36		33.3	14.7					6.7	30.8	0.0				$11,288

Frequently Asked Questions about Walnut Ridge High School

What district is Walnut Ridge High School in?

Columbus City Schools District

What schools feed into Walnut Ridge High School?

Walnut Ridge High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Berwick Alternative K-8 School
Elementary : Broadleigh Elementary School
Elementary : Fairmoor Elementary School
Elementary : Leawood Elementary School
Elementary : Olde Orchard Alt Elementary School
Elementary : Scottwood Elementary School
Elementary : Shady Lane Elementary School
Elementary : Woodcrest Elementary School
Middle : Johnson Park Middle School
Middle : Sherwood Middle School

What is the racial makeup of Walnut Ridge High School?

Students at Walnut Ridge High School are 61% African American, 25% Hispanic, 6% White, 6% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Is Walnut Ridge High School a good school?

Walnut Ridge High School ranks in the bottom 12.7% of Ohio high schools.

How many students attend Walnut Ridge High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 775 students attended Walnut Ridge High School.

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