Olentangy Local School District

Olentangy Local School District
Location
Lewis Center, Ohio
Midwest
United States
District information
TypePublic-Suburban
MottoFlourish Here
GradesK-12
Established1952
SuperintendentMark Raiff[1]
Students and staff
Students22,293 (20-21, May)[2]
Athletic conferenceOhio Capital Conference
ColorsOlentangy:    
Berlin:    
Liberty:    
Orange:    
Other information
Websitewww.olentangy.k12.oh.us

The Olentangy Local School District is a large, rapidly growing school district centered in southern Delaware County, with a small, southern portion (one cul-de-sac) in Franklin County in the U.S. state of Ohio. The Olentangy Local School District comprises 95 square miles (250 km2) and serves students from all or parts of numerous municipalities, including the unincorporated community of Lewis Center and the cities of Columbus, Delaware, Powell, and Westerville. The district also serves students from Berkshire, Berlin, Concord, Genoa, Liberty, and Orange townships in Delaware and Franklin counties. As of 2020, it operates 16 elementary schools, five middle schools, and four high schools. Also, there is an online high school called OASIS for selected students at the OASIS headquarters, plus a school for STEM students.

Olentangy is the largest district in Delaware County. In 1998, the district had an enrollment of 4,812. By fall of 2021, it had grown to the 4th largest district in Ohio, behind only Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati.[3]

The 7.9 mill bond issue passed on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 and therefore made it possible for all co-curricular and extra-curricular activities to stay in the schools. Had the levy not passed, serious athletic, extracurricular, co-curricular, and academic cuts would have been made. This issue was up for renewal on the March 17, 2020 ballot and it passed by a 15-point margin.[4][5]

The Olentangy district was graded an "A" overall by the Ohio Department of Education in the most recent (2018/19) ODE report card, earning three "A"s, two "B"s, and one "C".

  1. ^ "Office of the Superintendent".
  2. ^ "Olentangy Schools Enrollment Report May 5, 2021" (PDF).
  3. ^ Davis, Dillon (October 19, 2021). "OLSD 4th largest in Ohio". Delaware Gazette. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
  4. ^ "The Issue » Olentangy for Kids". www.olentangyforkids.org.
  5. ^ Jim Fischer (April 29, 2020). "Olentangy Schools' three-part ballot issue finds strong voter support". This Week Community News. Archived from the original on September 27, 2021.