Best High Schools in Ohio

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 864)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
390500403812	201	Nordonia High School	Public	9-12	8006 S Bedford Rd	Macedonia	44056	Summit County	Nordonia Hills City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 468-4601	1,278	76	16.8	18.4%	969 (75.8%)	172 (13.5%)	28 (2.2%)	40 (3.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	67 (5.2%)	$14,678							69.5	76.6	114	87
390480403097	202	Watkins Memorial High School	Public	9-12	1954 Warrior Way	Pataskala	43062	Licking County	Southwest Licking Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 927-3846	1,373	59	23.2	25.7%	1,086 (79.1%)	59 (4.3%)	61 (4.4%)	92 (6.7%)	5 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	69 (5.0%)	$9,092							69.5	61.7	312	110
390461102438	203	Lakota West High School	Public	9-12	8940 Union Centre Blvd	West Chester	45069	Butler County	Lakota Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 874-5699	2,740	110	24.8	22.4%	1,535 (56.0%)	446 (16.3%)	334 (12.2%)	269 (9.8%)	3 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	152 (5.5%)	$9,906							69.5	66.8	247	44
390465002574	204	Buckeye Central High School	Public	9-12	938 S Kibler St	New Washington	44854	Crawford County	Buckeye Central Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 492-2266	187	13	14.8		179 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	$18,521							69.4	79.9	83	121
390459902398	205	St Clairsville High School	Public	9-12	102 Woodrow Ave	Saint Clairsville	43950	Belmont County	St Clairsville-Richland City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 695-1584	482	23	21		447 (92.7%)	5 (1.0%)	11 (2.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.5%)	$12,427							69.3	65.7	266	61
390468102663	206	Perkins High School	Public	9-12	3714 Campbell St	Sandusky	44870	Erie County	Perkins Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 625-1252	562	34	16.7	29.7%	438 (77.9%)	23 (4.1%)	42 (7.5%)	8 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (9.1%)	$15,038							69.3	68	225	19
390009403602	207	Monroe High School	Public	9-12	220 Yankee Rd	Monroe	45050	Butler County	Monroe Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 539-8471	860	35	24.5	32.3%	659 (76.6%)	39 (4.5%)	98 (11.4%)	26 (3.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (4.2%)	$10,492							69.2	69.5	193	14
390497703691	208	Fairlawn High School	Public	6-12	18800 Johnston Rd	Sidney	45365	Shelby County	Fairlawn Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 492-5930	304	14	21.7	47.7%	301 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$10,925							69.2	71.5	176	32
390488303416	209	John Glenn High School	Public	8-12	13115 John Glenn School Rd	New Concord	43762	Muskingum County	East Muskingum Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 826-7641	603	36	16.9	22.6%	559 (92.7%)	3 (0.5%)	17 (2.8%)	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.8%)	$10,612							69.1	67.6	231	22
390499203750	210	Perry High School	Public	9-12	3737 13th St SW	Massillon	44646	Stark County	Perry Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 477-3486	1,478	82	18.1	29.5%	1,291 (87.3%)	44 (3.0%)	66 (4.5%)	10 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (4.5%)	$10,989							69	68.6	214	4

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Ohio State Tests American Government, Ohio State Tests American History, Ohio State Tests Biology, Ohio State Tests English II, Ohio State Tests Geometry, Ohio State Tests Integrated Math I, Ohio State Tests Integrated Math II, Ohio State Tests Algebra I test scores released by the Ohio Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 15, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Ohio Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Ohio Department of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.