Largest Schools in Ohio
Ohio has 3,586 public schools across 971 districts with a total enrollment of 1,679,311 students. The largest school is Ohio Virtual Academy in Maumee.
Largest Schools in Ohio
| # | School | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio Virtual Academy | Maumee | 14,334 |
| 2 | Alternative Education Academy | Independence | 5,783 |
| 3 | Ohio Connections Academy Inc | Cleveland | 5,380 |
| 4 | William Mason High School | Mason | 3,414 |
| 5 | Mason Intermediate Elementary School | Mason | 3,018 |
| 6 | Centerville High School | Centerville | 2,755 |
| 7 | Lakota West High School | West Chester | 2,740 |
| 8 | Walnut Hills High School | Cincinnati | 2,582 |
| 9 | Lakota East High School | Liberty Township | 2,552 |
| 10 | Hamilton High School | Hamilton | 2,507 |
Largest Districts in Ohio
| # | District | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbus City Schools District | 45,337 |
| 2 | Cincinnati Public Schools | 35,582 |
| 3 | Cleveland Municipal | 33,866 |
| 4 | Olentangy Local | 23,281 |
| 5 | Toledo City | 21,745 |
| 6 | South-Western City | 21,702 |
| 7 | Akron City | 20,481 |
| 8 | Lakota Local | 18,711 |
| 9 | Dublin City | 16,525 |
| 10 | Hilliard City | 16,082 |
School data for Ohio is sourced from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results.
Frequently Asked Questions
The largest public school in Ohio by enrollment is Ohio Virtual Academy in Maumee with 14,334 students.
Ohio has 3,586 public schools across 971 school districts, with a total enrollment of 1,679,311 students.
All school data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. This includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates.
School data includes enrollment, student-teacher ratios, proficiency rates, and graduation rates from NCES and EDFacts.
The this entity category groups every U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment entity sharing this attribute. The list above is the data; the paragraphs below explain what the grouping means against the broader NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts distribution and how to read the relative rankings within the category.
For readers using this category as a starting point, the per-entity detail pages linked from the table above carry the underlying NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts data in full. The category-level view is the filter; the per-entity pages are the actual answer.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.