The Olentangy Local School District comprises 95 square miles (250 km2) and serves students from all or parts of numerous municipalities, including the unincorporated community of Lewis Center and the cities of Columbus, Delaware, Powell, and Westerville.
The district also serves students from Berkshire, Berlin, Concord, Genoa, Liberty, and Orange townships in Delaware and Franklin counties.
[3] The 7.9 mill bond issue passed on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 and therefore made it possible for all co-curricular and extra-curricular activities to stay in the schools.
[4][5] The Olentangy district was graded an "A" overall by the Ohio Department of Education in the most recent (2018/19) ODE report card, earning three "A"s, two "B"s, and one "C".
[6] During the taping of a "Planet Money" radio segment for NPR News,[7] Olentangy's assistant director of communications Amanda Beeman interrupted and forbade the reading of the Dr. Seuss book "The Sneetches.