Ohio Private School Statisticsbuckfan84 wrote:I realize the number of titles public versus private are close but not being discussed is that my guess is there are at least 3 times the number of public schools in Ohio. so by the rationale there should be three times the number titles to public schools than private schools.
Ohio Private Schools: 1,047
Number of Private School Students: 246,396
Students Enrolled in Ohio Pre Schools: 24,587
Students Enrolled in Ohio Kindergarten: 21,011
Students Enrolled in 1st Grade: 18,439
Students Enrolled in 2nd Grade: 18,603
Students Enrolled in 3rd Grade: 18,726
Students Enrolled in 4th Grade: 18,339
Students Enrolled in 5th Grade: 17,862
Students Enrolled in 6th Grade: 17,613
Students Enrolled in 7th Grade: 17,163
Students Enrolled in 8th Grade: 16,545
Students Enrolled in 9th Grade: 14,171
Students Enrolled in 10th Grade: 13,318
Students Enrolled in 11th Grade: 12,698
Students Enrolled in 12th Grade: 12,299
Asian-Pacific Islander Students: 3,526
American Indian-Alaskan Students: 835
Black Students: 17,899
Hispanic Students: 3,922
White Students: 183,822
Ohio Public School Statistics
Ohio Public Schools: 4,237
Number of Students: 1,840,390
Ohio Elementary Schools: 2,187
Ohio Middle Schools: 744
Ohio High Schools: 802
Number of Male Students: 928,695
Number of Female Students: 874,718
Asian-Pacific Islander Students: 23,155
American Indian-Alaskan Students: 2,513
Black Students: 306,645
Hispanic Students: 38,536
White Students: 1,432,564
The Ohio High School Athletic Association
2011-12 and 2012-13
OHSAA Tournament Divisions
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OHSAA tournament divisions by sport for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years will be posted following the approval of the OHSAA Board of Directors.
Note: Fall sports are scheduled for OHSAA Board of Directors approval in May 2011, winter sports in June 2011 and spring sports in August 2011.
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FALL SPORTS
(LINK TO ENROLLMENT FIGURES)
Note: Approved by the OHSAA Board of Directors on May 12, 2011
Football
Division Enrollment Schools
I 494 and more 118
II 327 to 493 119
III 243 to 326 120
IV 172 to 242 122
V 120 to 171 116
VI 119 and less 122
Total Schools 717
So, based on the above FACTS, there is a 4:1 ratio of Public to Private schools in the state of Ohio (from K-12). There are 717 football playing schools in Ohio and 802 Public High Schools in Ohio. Obviously, there are many schools that do not field football teams, both public and private. At any rate, based on the above numbers, it is pretty obvious to me that things can easily be stacked in a private school's favor. To be fair, simply because it CAN happen and DOES happen at SOME schools, DOES NOT mean that it happens everywhere.