page_title: Columbus City Schools
section_title: High schools
hierarchical_section_title: Columbus City Schools / Schools / High schools
caption_attribution_description: English: Main entrance to Whetstone High School (in the Beechwold neighborhood of the Clintonville area of Columbus), viewed from the northeast corner of the school
context_page_description: Columbus City Schools, formerly known as Columbus Public Schools, is the official school district for the city of Columbus, Ohio, and serves most of the city. The district has over 56,000 students enrolled, making it the largest school district in the state of Ohio as of August 2006. At its peak during the 1971 school year the district served 110,725 students.
  The first school built in the area which is now part of Columbus was a log cabin school-house built in Franklinton, in 1806. It wasn't until 1845 that the state of Ohio Legislature entrusted the management of Columbus schools to a Board of Education. Two years later the school board elected Dr. Asa Lord as the district's first superintendent. Dr. Gene T. Harris served as the 19th superintendent of Columbus City Schools and was succeeded by Dr. Dan Good. For most of its history, the district has been referred to as "Columbus Public Schools". In August 2007, the district decided to begin using its official name of "Columbus City Schools."
context_section_description: Beechcroft High School
  Briggs High School
  Centennial High School
  Columbus Africentric High School
  Columbus Alternative High School
  Columbus North International School at Brookhaven
  Downtown High School
  East High School
  Eastmoor Academy
  Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center
  Independence High School
  Linden-McKinley High School
  Marion-Franklin High School
  Mifflin High School
  Northland High School
  South High School
  Walnut Ridge High School
  West High School
  Whetstone High School
caption: Whetstone High School
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