COLUMBUS, Ohio (WMCH) — School districts across central Ohio are gearing up for the first day of school this August and September. Find your district’s back-to-school date below. 

Athens County  

  • Alexander Local Schools: Staggered start, Thursday, Aug. 17, and Monday, Aug. 21
  • Athens City Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 23
  • Federal Hocking Local Schools: Tuesday, Aug. 17 
  • Nelsonville-York City Schools: Thursday, Aug. 24
  • Trimble Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16 

Coshocton County  

  • Coshocton City Schools: Staggered start, Wednesday, Aug. 23, and Thursday, Aug. 24
  • Ridgewood Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 23
  • River View Local Schools: Tuesday, Aug. 29

Crawford County  

  • Buckeye Central Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 23
  • Bucyrus City Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 17 
  • Colonel Crawford Local Schools: Staggered start, Tuesday, Aug. 22, and Wednesday, Aug. 23
  • Crestline Exempted Village Schools: Staggered start, Wednesday, Aug. 16, and Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Galion City Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17 
  • Northmor Local Schools: Wednesday, Sept. 6
  • Wynford Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 23

Delaware County

  • Big Walnut Local Schools: Staggered start, Wednesday, Aug. 16, and Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Buckeye Valley Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Delaware City Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • Olentangy Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17

Fairfield County

  • Amanda-Clearcreek Local Schools: Tuesday, Aug. 15
  • Berne Union Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16 
  • Bloom-Carroll Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 23 
  • Fairfield Union Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Lancaster City Schools: Staggered start, Wednesday, Aug. 23, and Thursday, Aug. 24
  • Pickerington Local Schools: Staggered start, Tuesday, Aug. 15, and Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • Walnut Township Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16

Fayette County

  • Miami Trace Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • Washington Court House City Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17 

Franklin County

  • Bexley City Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17 
  • Canal Winchester Local Schools: Staggered start, Wednesday, Aug. 16, and Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Columbus City Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 23
  • Dublin City Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17 
  • Gahanna-Jefferson City Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17 
  • Grandview City Schools: Tuesday, Aug. 15 
  • Great Western Academy: Wednesday, Aug. 23
  • Groveport Madison Local Schools: Staggered start, Wednesday, Aug. 16, and Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Hamilton Local Schools: Tuesday, Aug. 15
  • Hilliard City Schools: Tuesday, Aug. 22
  • Jonathan Alder Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16  
  • Madison-Plains Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17 
  • New Albany-Plain Local Schools: staggered start, Wednesday, Aug. 16, and Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Olentangy Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17 
  • Plain Local Schools: Monday, Aug. 21
  • Pickerington Local Schools: Staggered start, Tuesday, Aug. 15, and Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • Reynoldsburg City Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17
  • South-Western City Schools: Staggered start, Monday, Aug. 21, through Thursday, Aug. 24
  • Westerville City Schools: Staggered start, Tuesday, Aug. 15, and Wednesday, Aug. 16.
  • Whitehall City Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Worthington City Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16

Licking County

  • Granville Exempted Village Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 23
  • Heath City Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Johnstown-Monroe Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • Lakewood Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 24
  • Licking Heights Local Schools: Staggered start, Thursday, Aug. 17, and Friday, Aug. 18  
  • Licking Valley Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 23
  • Newark City Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17
  • North Fork Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17 
  • Northridge Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Southwest Licking Local Schools: Staggered start, Thursday, Aug. 17, and Friday, Aug. 18

Guernsey County  

  • Cambridge City Schools: Staggered start, Tuesday, Aug. 15, and Wednesday, Aug. 16

Hardin County

  • Ada Exempted Village Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Hardin Northern Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • Kenton City Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 23
  • Ridgemont Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 9
  • Upper Scioto Valley Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16 

Hocking County  

  • Logan-Hocking Local Schools: Staggered start, Thursday, Aug. 17, and Friday, Aug. 18

Knox County  

  • Centerburg Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • Danville Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • East Knox Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Fredericktown Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • Mount Vernon City Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17

Madison County  

  • Jonathan Alder Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • Madison-Plains Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17 
  • West Jefferson Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 23 

Marion County  

  • Elgin Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17 
  • Marion City Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17 
  • Pleasant Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • Ridgedale Local Schools: Tuesday, Aug. 22 
  • River Valley Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16 

Morgan County

  • Morgan Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16 

Morrow County  

  • Cardington-Lincoln Local Schools: Tuesday, Sept. 5
  • Highland Local Schools: Tuesday, Aug. 22

Perry County  

  • Crooksville Exempted Village Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17 
  • New Lexington City Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • Northern Local Schools: Tuesday, Aug. 15
  • Southern Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17

Pickaway County  

  • Circleville City Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • Logan Elm Local Schools: Staggered start, Monday, Aug. 28, and Tuesday, Aug. 29
  • Teays Valley Local Schools: Staggered start. Wednesday, Aug. 16, and Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Westfall Local Schools: Staggered start. Wednesday, Aug. 16, and Thursday, Aug. 17

Pike County  

  • Eastern Local Schools: Friday, Aug. 25
  • Scioto Valley Local Schools: Monday, Aug. 21
  • Waverly City Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 23 
  • Western Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17

Ross County  

  • Adena Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Chillicothe City Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Huntington Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Paint Valley Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • Southeastern Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • Union-Scioto Local Schools: Thursday, Aug. 17
  • Zane Trace Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 23

Union County  

  • Fairbanks Local Schools: Wednesday, Aug. 16
  • Marysville Exempted Village Schools: Staggered start, Wednesday, Aug. 16, and Thursday, Aug. 17
  • North Union Local Schools: Tuesday, Aug. 15