District Profile

Our General Fund Budget

• FY23 Appropriations: $198.5 million
• Spending Per Pupil: $23,848

Our Schools

• Total number of school/program sites: 26
• Elementary schools: 15
  • Includes two Magnet Program 
• Middle schools: 5
• High schools: 3
• Preschool/Early Learning Center: 1
• Academic Enrichment Center: 1

Our Students

Total number of students: 14,583

• Grades Pre-K-5: 6,761
• Grades 6-8: 3,238
• Grades 9-12: 4,632

Class of 2022 graduates: 1,179

ACT EXAM	WCSD	STATE	NATION
English	22.3	18.2	19
Math	23.4	19.2	19.3
Reading	24.3	20	20.4
Science	23.5	19.7	19.9
Composite	23.5	19.4	19.8

SAT EXAM	WCSD	STATE	NATION
Math	526	525	521
ERW	518	528	529
Total	1044	1053	1060

Our Employees

• Total Full Time Equivalent (FTE): 1,738
• Total FTE Licensed Staff: 1,133
  • % w/Master’s degree or higher: 76
  • % w/10+ years experience: 64
  • % properly certified/licensed teaching a core subject area: 100
  • Beginning teacher salary: $47,967

Our Student Diversity

• American Indian/Native Alaskan: 0.07%
• Asian: 4.65%
• Black: 26.4%
• White: 50.9%
• Hispanic 8.74%
• Multiracial: 9.4%
• Economically Disadvantaged: 37.76%
• Limited English Proficient: 10.50%
  • Number of native languages spoken by students: 65
  • Countries represented in WCS: 64
  • Number of English Learners: 1,537
• Students with disabilities: 15.9%
• Identified gifted: 22.7%

Our Recent Achievements

• Five Westerville seniors are semifinalists in the 68th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
• WCSD received the highest rating of four stars from the State Auditor in his efforts to monitor transparency in government and measuring compliance to Ohio’s open records laws.
• Westerville City Schools for the tenth consecutive year earned the Auditor of State Award with Distinction. Fewer than 4 percent of the state’s 6,000 governmental entities qualify to receive the award.

 

* The district profile is updated by the end of each October once enrollment counts are finalized for the new school year.