Summary
Upper Arlington High School is a large public high school in Upper Arlington, Ohio, serving grades 9–12 with 1,908 students in the Upper Arlington City district near Columbus. It is an elite, consistently top-ranked Ohio high school: in 2025-26 it ranked 46th of 795 Ohio high schools (94th percentile, 5 stars), while its district ranked 54th of 773 Ohio districts. The school has earned 5 stars every year in the data, never dropping below the top 6% and reaching 9th statewide in 2016-17. Its 2025-26 graduation rate was 98.1%, near the top of the range.
Academically, proficiency is far above state averages. In 2025-26 End-of-Course tests, American Government was 95.2%, American History 96.7%, Biology 93.5%, and English II 90.8% — 23 to 36 points above Ohio in most subjects. Math is the clear relative weak spot: Algebra I was 72.0% versus 90.5% district and 61.6% state, while Geometry was 79.5% versus 82.0% district and 43.3% state. The Algebra I gap below district has persisted for years. Chronic absenteeism is another outlier: 17.4% in 2025-26, roughly double the district’s 9.0% and higher than Grandview Heights High School’s 11.4%, despite similar low-income enrollment. Grandview Heights High School is the closest academic peer — much smaller at 338 students, with a 100% graduation rate and a 13.3 student-teacher ratio versus UAHS’s 22.2. Nearby Columbus Alternative High School, Whetstone High School, Centennial High School, and Linden-McKinley STEM Academy perform in a different tier, with far lower proficiency, graduation, and attendance. Upper Arlington Online Academy, the district’s small online option, also has much lower results.
UAHS is highly effective for several student groups — special education students rank 16th of 575 schools serving that group (97th percentile, 5 stars) — but some groups rank lower than the school overall. Low-income students were 73rd percentile, down from 93rd, and gifted students were 59th percentile, a sharp drop from 96th in 2020-21. Overall, the school is a high-performing, low-poverty, large comprehensive high school. The main opportunities to watch are math — especially Algebra I — chronic absenteeism, and continued support for gifted and low-income students.
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