Piqua High School

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Piqua High School is a public high school serving 876 students in grades 9-12 in Piqua, Ohio. The school is part of the Piqua City School District and has consistently ranked in the middle range of Ohio high schools in recent years.

Piqua High School has a predominantly white student population (83.9%), which is significantly higher than the nearby Upper Valley Career Center (93.08% white). Academically, the school performs on par with or slightly above the state average in most subjects, but struggles in areas like Geometry and Algebra I. Piqua High School maintains a relatively high four-year graduation rate (89.0% to 91.8%), but has seen a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 17.3% in 2019-2020 to 50.1% in 2020-2021. Additionally, the school has a higher percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds (51.94% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch) compared to the Upper Valley Career Center (32.53%).

Despite these challenges, Piqua High School has some bright spots, including strong performance for its gifted and talented students, who rank 4th out of 280 Ohio high schools. Additionally, the school's ranking for African American students is generally higher than its overall ranking, suggesting that this subgroup may be performing better than the school as a whole. However, the school's higher student-teacher ratio of 21.1, compared to 17.5 at the Upper Valley Career Center, may impact the level of individual attention and support available to students at Piqua High School.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1 Indian Trl
       Piqua, OH  45356-9257


(937) 773-6314

District: Piqua City

SchoolDigger Rank:
440th of 864 Ohio High Schools


Feeder schools for Piqua High School:

Elementary:    Springcreek Primary Elementary School
    Washington Primary Elementary School
Middle:    Piqua Central Intermediate School
    Piqua Junior High School

Student/teacher ratio:  21.1 Help
Number of students:  876

Racial breakdown:

White:
83.9%
Two or more races:
9.4%
African American:
2.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  51.9% Help


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Compare Details Piqua High School ranks worse than 50.9% of high schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 52.1. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Piqua High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
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Piqua High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Piqua High School 440th of 864 Ohio public high schools. (See Piqua High School in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for Piqua High School

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Rank History for all students at Piqua High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 21.38 568th 681 16.6%
2005 19.95 615th 689 10.7%
2006 46.80 468th 696 32.8%
2007 50.97 502nd 756 33.6%
2008 53.84 480th 767 37.4%
2009 45.93 583rd 791 26.3%
2010 54.48 525th 819 35.9%
2011 60.89 430th 818 47.4%
2012 59.76 465th 832 44.1%
2013 43.63 591st 767 22.9%
2014 37.47 618th 769 19.6%
2015 28.33 641st 778 17.6%
2016 31.19 627th 784 20.0%
2017 35.90 547th 773 29.2%
2018 48.19 474th 800 40.8%
2019 44.18 539th 836 35.5%
2021 40.36 528th 819 35.5%
2022 52.95 416th 836 50.2%
2023 52.02 443rd 867 48.9%
2024 52.10 440th 864 49.1%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Piqua High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.90 134th 201 33.3%
2019 41.86 139th 208 33.2%
2021 33.65 151st 211 28.4%
2022 48.14 121st 222 45.5%
2023 34.86 169th 239 29.3%
2024 33.43 171st 242 29.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Piqua High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 37.61 361st 614 41.2%
2024 29.37 435th 598 27.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Piqua High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.59 462nd 758 39.1%
2019 49.77 449th 779 42.4%
2021 44.16 458th 763 40.0%
2022 54.95 350th 773 54.7%
2023 48.18 462nd 805 42.6%
2024 48.83 452nd 822 45.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Piqua High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.03 513th 751 31.7%
2019 46.62 526th 781 32.7%
2021 43.59 480th 775 38.1%
2022 57.21 373rd 794 53.0%
2023 51.94 452nd 813 44.4%
2024 53.84 419th 798 47.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Piqua High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.27 264th 550 52.0%
2019 21.15 551st 628 12.3%
2021 27.49 457th 596 23.3%
2022 29.65 420th 606 30.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Piqua High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.08 395th 538 26.6%
2019 31.16 235th 272 13.6%
2021 63.27 124th 349 64.5%
2022 54.19 178th 312 42.9%
2023 61.14 150th 308 51.3%
2024 81.27 4th 280 98.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Piqua High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.22 472nd 763 38.1%
2019 39.64 564th 792 28.8%
2021 36.42 547th 778 29.7%
2022 52.05 420th 808 48.0%
2023 53.20 423rd 819 48.4%
2024 53.02 432nd 816 47.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Piqua High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 57.29 124th 303 59.1%
2021 56.92 102nd 284 64.1%
2022 39.38 175th 306 42.8%
2024 49.66 151st 318 52.5%
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Rank History for White students at Piqua High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.73 487th 718 32.2%
2019 35.55 552nd 739 25.3%
2021 32.87 523rd 727 28.1%
2022 49.91 393rd 749 47.5%
2023 48.12 433rd 756 42.7%
2024 49.97 426th 754 43.5%
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Data source: test scores: Ohio Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Ohio Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Piqua High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1360 54 8 6 0 n/a n/a 0 1428
1989 1283 28 7 3 1 n/a n/a 0 1322
1990 1245 36 6 3 0 n/a n/a 0 1290
1991 1206 49 6 4 0 n/a n/a 0 1265
1992 1109 47 7 7 0 n/a n/a 0 1170
1993 1129 50 7 2 7 n/a n/a 3 1198
1994 1110 67 7 3 7 n/a n/a 0 1194
1995 1183 70 11 6 8 n/a n/a 0 1278
1996 1183 70 11 6 8 n/a n/a 0 1278
1997 1174 67 11 6 7 n/a n/a 0 1265
1998 1196 57 7 7 7 n/a n/a 0 1274
1999 1135 56 7 7 5 n/a n/a 0 1210
2000 1121 58 4 6 7 n/a n/a 0 1196
2001 1029 54 6 5 6 n/a n/a 0 1100
2002 1151 63 6 5 3 n/a n/a 6 1234
2003 1151 63 6 5 3 n/a n/a 6 1234
2004 1179 64 4 8 3 n/a n/a 7 1265
2005 1167 58 10 8 1 n/a n/a 6 1250
2006 1133 67 9 9 2 n/a n/a 15 1235
2007 1140 70 14 12 4 n/a n/a 17 1257
2008 1079 74 13 12 3 n/a n/a 29 1210
2009 1041 60 12 14 3 n/a n/a 36 1166
2010 867 41 13 11 5 n/a n/a 38 975
2011 877 32 10 13 2 0 47 0 981
2012 863 34 9 17 2 0 53 0 978
2013 870 30 8 15 2 0 65 0 990
2014 830 40 10 17 1 1 73 0 972
2015 796 34 8 20 4 1 84 0 947
2016 753 31 6 17 3 3 71 0 884
2017 766 25 6 18 2 3 68 0 888
2018 798 27 5 18 2 1 66 0 917
2019 800 29 6 19 2 2 72 0 930
2020 805 32 9 24 2 2 70 0 944
2021 768 40 7 21 3 1 70 0 910
2022 785 38 9 28 3 2 68 0 933
2023 735 25 6 25 2 1 82 0 876

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Piqua High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1428 60.0 23.8 0
1989 1322 60.0 22.0 n/a
1990 1290 59.0 21.8 n/a
1991 1265 59.0 21.4 n/a
1992 1170 58.6 19.9 6.2
1993 1198 46.5 25.8 8.1
1994 1194 46.5 25.7 8.9
1995 1278 51.3 24.9 8
1996 1278 51.3 24.9 8
1997 1265 48.8 25.9 6.1
1998 1274 48.0 26.5 5.9
1999 1210 50.0 24.2 9.2
2000 1196 50.0 23.9 11.4
2001 1100 52.0 21.2 17.7
2002 1234 51.0 24.2 22
2003 1234 51.0 24.2 22
2004 1265 48.0 26.4 23.9
2005 1250 47.0 26.6 28.5
2006 1235 47.4 26.1 27.5
2007 1257 52.5 23.9 28.2
2008 1210 50.5 24.0 n/a
2009 1166 49.5 23.6 40.3
2010 975 49.5 19.7 50.4
2011 981 49.5 19.8 48.6
2012 978 52.1 18.7 55.2
2013 990 42.6 23.2 51.6
2014 972 38.6 25.1 50.1
2015 947 n/a n/a 45.3
2016 884 42.0 21.0 47.2
2017 888 43.0 20.6 42.9
2018 917 41.0 22.3 41.2
2019 930 40.0 23.2 39.8
2020 944 42.0 22.4 42.3
2021 910 39.0 23.3 n/a
2022 933 41.5 22.4 n/a
2023 876 41.5 21.1 51.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Piqua High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1428 60.0 23.8 0
1989 1322 60.0 22.0 n/a
1990 1290 59.0 21.8 n/a
1991 1265 59.0 21.4 n/a
1992 1170 58.6 19.9 6.2
1993 1198 46.5 25.8 8.1
1994 1194 46.5 25.7 8.9
1995 1278 51.3 24.9 8
1996 1278 51.3 24.9 8
1997 1265 48.8 25.9 6.1
1998 1274 48.0 26.5 5.9
1999 1210 50.0 24.2 9.2
2000 1196 50.0 23.9 11.4
2001 1100 52.0 21.2 17.7
2002 1234 51.0 24.2 22
2003 1234 51.0 24.2 22
2004 1265 48.0 26.4 23.9
2005 1250 47.0 26.6 28.5
2006 1235 47.4 26.1 27.5
2007 1257 52.5 23.9 28.2
2008 1210 50.5 24.0 n/a
2009 1166 49.5 23.6 40.3
2010 975 49.5 19.7 50.4
2011 981 49.5 19.8 48.6
2012 978 52.1 18.7 55.2
2013 990 42.6 23.2 51.6
2014 972 38.6 25.1 50.1
2015 947 n/a n/a 45.3
2016 884 42.0 21.0 47.2
2017 888 43.0 20.6 42.9
2018 917 41.0 22.3 41.2
2019 930 40.0 23.2 39.8
2020 944 42.0 22.4 42.3
2021 910 39.0 23.3 n/a
2022 933 41.5 22.4 n/a
2023 876 41.5 21.1 51.9

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Piqua High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $10,717
2022 $13,070
2023 $13,867

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Piqua High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 539th of 836 High schoolsRanks 443rd of 867 High schools
 13.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course American Government (Piqua High School)75.873.7
 2.1%
   End of Course American Government (Piqua City)75.873.7
 2.1%
   End of Course American Government (Ohio)77.772
 5.7%
End of Course American History (Piqua High School)80.976.2
 4.7%
   End of Course American History (Piqua City)80.976.2
 4.7%
   End of Course American History (Ohio)78.169.7
 8.4%
End of Course Biology (Piqua High School)73.668.4
 5.2%
   End of Course Biology (Piqua City)73.668.4
 5.2%
   End of Course Biology (Ohio)73.763.7
 10%
End of Course English II (Piqua High School)58.458.8
 0.4%
   End of Course English II (Piqua City)58.458.8
 0.4%
   End of Course English II (Ohio)66.260.8
 5.4%
End of Course Geometry (Piqua High School)29.741.5
 11.8%
   End of Course Geometry (Piqua City)35.541.5
 6%
   End of Course Geometry (Ohio)50.141.8
 8.3%
End of Course Algebra I (Piqua High School)4943.3
 5.7%
   End of Course Algebra I (Piqua City)57.658.5
 0.9%
   End of Course Algebra I (Ohio)61.153
 8.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students930876
 5.8%
African American2925
 13.8%
American Indian22
Asian66
Hispanic1925
 31.6%
Pacific Islander21
 50%
White800735
 8.1%
Two or More Races7282
 13.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients39.8%51.9%
 12.2%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 876 students attended Piqua High School.

Piqua High School ranks 440th of 864 Ohio high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Piqua High School are 84% White, 9% Two or more races, 3% African American, 3% Hispanic.


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