List of Colleges By Enrollment
Below is a ranking of Ohio colleges with the ten largest enrollment of full and part time students. Only six Ohio colleges have a higher enrollment than Olentangy Schools, which has 22,125 students.
| Ohio State University | 61,170 |
| University of Cincinnati Main Campus | 37,886 |
| Ohio University Main Campus | 28,480 |
| Kent State University at Kent | 28,122 |
| Columbus State Community College | 27,343 |
| Cuyahoga Community College District | 23,440 |
| University of Toledo | 20,237 |
| Miami University | 19,934 |
| University of Akron Main Campus | 18,731 |
| Sinclair Community College | 18,576 |
Data is reported for the 2017/18 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics. Source: https://www.collegesimply.com/colleges/rank/colleges/largest-enrollment/state/ohio/
It may surprise you that new construction DOES NOT cover the school operating costs associated with the many students that come with new housing developments. The OLSD Facilities Committee projects enrollment will increase by more than 5,200 students during the next 10 years. It costs the district $11,007 to educate each student, yet taxes from new housing construction do not come close to cover the costs of educating them!
Since the 2016 school issue, Olentangy has added more than 2,400 students to the district.
The Facilities Committee projects that without these additional school buildings, Olentangy would have on average 5 extra students in EVERY elementary school classroom and 6 extra students in EVERY middle school classroom within ten years.
When compared on a per-pupil basis, not only does Olentangy receive far less in state funding than the average public school district, it receives less than half of the $1,376 in per-pupil state funding that private schools receive.