Pickerington is a city situated in Fairfield and Franklin counties in Central Ohio. Though classified as a city under Ohio law, it is generally regarded as a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. The population was 9,792 at the 2000 census. As land annexation and development in and around Columbus continues, the City of Pickerington (like many area suburbs) have generally followed suit. The 2005 population estimate for Pickerington was 15,878.

The Pickerington Local School District is a two-branch school district enrolling 9,714 students as of the 2005-2006 school year. Enrollment has been expanding at an average of 425 students over the past five years. The Pickerington Local School district is the 19th largest school district in Ohio. In the 2004-2005 school year, the district was rated effective[1], after six years with an excellent rating. From the district's founding until 2003, the district had one mascot, the tiger. In 2003, the district branched with the opening of Pickerington High School North, which has the panther as a mascot. With the opening of Pickerington High School North, the original Pickerington High School was renamed Pickerington High School Central.

Currently the district has eleven schools.

Schools are listed alphabetically and with attendant grade levels.

• Diley Middle School (5-6)
• Fairfield Elementary (K-4)
• Harmon Middle School (5-6)
• Heritage Elementary School (K-4)
• Lakeview Junior High School (7-8)
• Pickerington Elementary (K-4)
• Pickerington High School Central (9-12)
• Pickerington High School North (9-12)
• Ridgeview Junior High School (7-8)
• Tussing Elementary (K-4)
• Violet Elementary (K-4)

The district has a policy of equity between schools. Almost every course or service that is offered at Pickerington High School Central is also offered at Pickerington High School North, and the equity extends down to the junior high schools, middle schools, and elementaries.

Various awards have been given to the district and to individual teachers. In 2006, the district was rated as one of the top school districts in the United States by Expansion Management magazine.

Pickerington is the home of the American Motorcyclist Association Motorcycle Heritage Museum and Motorcycle Hall of Fame. The goal of the museum is to tell the stories and history of motorcycling.

Pickerington's girls' high school basketball program is also one of the winningest in the state[3]. Pickerington earned a #1 vote from the Associated Press (AP) poll in every year from 1989 through 1997, a 9 year period in which Pickerington only suffered 4 regular-season losses, and won the post-season OHSAA state championship tournament 3 times in that same period. Pickerington received an AP #1 vote in 2002.

The Men's Cross Country team remains the only men's sport in Pickerington history to win a state title. The Tigers won the state D1 championship in 1997, under coach John Long.

Each summer since 1998, Pickerington has hosted the annual Violet Festival.

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