Columbus

Best Columbus suburbs for schools

Ranked almost entirely on the Schools category — within-state proficiency, student–teacher ratio, graduation rate and schools nearby — with the two poll questions about children and teenagers at 20% once a place has enough responses.

Updated Sep 2026·24 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Bexley City Hall in Bexley, Ohio.
Bexley$528k median · 18.1 min commute
Schools A−Cost of living D+Residents inactive
83
Schools score
overall 77 B
2
Upper Arlington Municipal Center, Upper Arlington, Ohio.
Upper Arlington$596k median · 19.3 min commute
Schools B+Cost of living D−Residents inactive
81
Schools score
overall 76 B
3
Powell$562k median · 24.3 min commute
Schools BCost of living FResidents inactive
77
Schools score
overall 72 B−
4
New Albany, Ohio City Hall taken from the southwest.
New Albany$772k median · 22.1 min commute
Schools B−Cost of living FResidents inactive
72
Schools score
overall 68 B−
5
Dublin City Hall (Dublin, Ohio) - new city hall effective April 15, 2020
Dublin$564k median · 23.2 min commute
Schools B−Cost of living D−Residents inactive
72
Schools score
overall 70 B−
6
Buildings on the western side of the 600 block of High Street (U.S. Route 23) in downtown Worthington, Ohio, United States. These buildings are part of the Wort
Worthington$441k median · 20.3 min commute
Schools B−Cost of living C−Residents inactive
71
Schools score
overall 71 B−
7
Fairfield County Pickerington Ohio www.geocities.com/berniethomas68 03:30, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Pickerington$340k median · 26.9 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living CResidents inactive
66
Schools score
overall 62 C
8
Front of the Hilliard, Ohio City Hall and city administrative center.
Hilliard$385k median · 21.9 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living D+Residents inactive
66
Schools score
overall 68 B−
9
Gahanna, OH
Gahanna$351k median · 20.4 min commute
Schools C+Cost of living C−Residents inactive
64
Schools score
overall 68 B−
10
Opening of a ditch on the southern side of the gate to the Great Circle Earthworks in Newark, Ohio, United States; note the nearby person for scale. Along with
Heath$236k median · 23.7 min commute
Schools CCost of living BResidents inactive
62
Schools score
overall 58 C
This list's weighting
Schools 80%Resident poll (Q5, Q6) 20%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Bexley (Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0); Upper Arlington (Postdlf · CC BY-SA 3.0); New Albany (Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0); Dublin (Nheyob · CC BY-SA 4.0); Worthington (Nyttend · Public domain); Pickerington (Berniethomas68 · Public domain); Hilliard (Sixflashphoto · CC BY-SA 4.0); Gahanna (Paul Sableman · CC BY 2.0); Heath (Nyttend · Public domain).