The Wellington School

Columbus · OH · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

Similar nearby schools

Most similar nearby schools

Highland Community Learning Center → The Learning Spectrum → Columbus School For Girls → Helping Hands Center Dba Bridgeway Academy → The Columbus Academy → Marburn Academy → Bishop Watterson High School → St Francis De Sales High School →

You've seen The Wellington School. What are your child's real college odds? Check any college in 10 seconds — no email needed — then get the free Family Decision Report: Reach / Competitive / Match / Likely + the real cost range for every college on their list. Check odds →

How The Wellington School compares for families

What families should know about The Wellington School.

▸ LocallyOH students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Highland Community Learning Center, The Learning Spectrum, Columbus School For Girls and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

For Parents

Get alerts when The Wellington School's numbers change

New admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores — a few alerts a year, no spam. Your email also saves your list across devices.

Objective, government-grade data — no school pays us for placement.

Your state's public flagship

Ohio State University-Main Campus

51%

admit rate

$13,244

in-state tuition/yr · $40,022 out-of-state

1330–1480

SAT 25–75 · ACT 29–32

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,339/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

See the full Ohio State University-Main Campus profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Their published college list

Colleges the school lists for its graduates (Class of 2026)

The Wellington School publishes a list of colleges for its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 118 colleges, in the document's own order.

Allegheny College American University Anderson University Arizona State University Baldwin-Wallace University Belmont University Boston College Bowling Green State University Butler University Capital University Carleton College Christopher Newport University College of Charleston College of William and Mary College of Wooster Columbus State Community College Creighton University Davidson College Denison University DePaul University Drake University Drexel University Duke University Earlham College Elon University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Fordham University George Mason University George Washington University Goucher College

and 88 more

Hampshire College High Point University Howard University Indiana University Ithaca College Johnson & Wales University Kent State University Kenyon College Lake Erie College Lehigh University Louisiana State University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Maryland Macalester College Marymount University McGill University Miami University Michigan State University Middle Tennessee State University North Carolina A&T State University Northeastern University Oberlin College Occidental College Ohio Dominican University Ohio State University Ohio University Ohio Wesleyan University Otterbein University Oxford College of Emory University Pace University Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University Pennsylvania State University Pratt Institute Providence College Purdue University Quinnipiac University Reed College Rhode Island School of Design Rhodes College Rice University Rochester Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Rutgers University Saint Mary's College of California Savannah College of Art and Design Simmons College St. Lawrence University Stony Brook University Swarthmore College Syracuse University Temple University The New School Tiffin University Trinity College Dublin Trinity University University of Arizona University of California - Davis University of California - Santa Barbara University of Cincinnati University of Colorado - Boulder University of Connecticut University of Dayton University of Florida University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign University of Mary Washington University of Maryland University of Michigan University of Missouri-St. Louis University of Notre Dame University of Pittsburgh University of Puget Sound University of Rochester University of San Diego University of Southern California University of Texas - Austin University of Toronto University of Utah University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Washington University of Wisconsin - Madison Villanova University Walsh University Westmont College Wichita State University Wright State University Xavier University York College of Pennsylvania

These are the colleges the school published for its graduates.

Check your kid's odds at these colleges →

We'll load 10 from the list above — add your name, email and your child's numbers and we'll see where your child lands at each.

Independently verified As published by The Wellington School — College Counseling page, "Matriculation and Acceptances" section ↗. Found at: Class of 2026 subsection, "Matriculation in bold.".

About this listing

The Wellington School is listed by PSS 2018 · NAIS + founder list. It has not reported to the federal Private School Survey, which is voluntary, so enrollment figures are not available here — many of the country's oldest independent schools are in the same position. The school's own site: www.wellington.org ↗

Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Highland Community Learning Center Columbus	Private	2.1	61	—
The Learning Spectrum Columbus	Private	7.6	53	—
Columbus School For Girls Columbus	Private	8.1	497	-3.7%
Helping Hands Center Dba Bridgeway Academy Columbus	Private	9.2	183	+15.8%
The Columbus Academy Gahanna	Private	10.2	1,081	—
Marburn Academy New Albany	Private	14.4	261	—
Bishop Watterson High School Columbus	Private	2.8	933	+0.6%
St Francis De Sales High School Columbus	Private	4.9	893	+10.1%

What are your child's odds? →

What families ask next

Is our high school good? High School Explorer → Enrollment trends and projections for ~35,000 schools nationwide. Can my kid get in? Score odds calculator → See how a higher SAT or ACT changes admit odds — college by college. What do we do next? Free Family Decision Report Reach / Competitive / Match / Likely for every college on their list, plus the real cost. Start with a 10-second odds check — no email needed. Check odds →