Ohio ranked third in high school sports participation in the annual NFHS High School Athletics Participation Survey. 

Ohio’s 347,994 total student-athletes last school year ranked third behind Texas (911,405)
and California (859,022). Following Ohio were Illinois (326,756), Pennsylvania (315,647), New York (312,563), Florida (311,233) and Michigan (295,634).

The full NFHS survey is posted at: