Fitch High School

Summary:

Fitch High School is a public high school in Youngstown, Ohio, serving 1,228 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Youngstown City school district, which is ranked 280 out of 839 districts in the state.

Fitch High School has a predominantly white student population, with 74.19% of students identifying as white, which is higher than the state average and the nearby Choffin Career Center, which has a more diverse student body. Academically, Fitch High School ranks in the top half of Ohio high schools, with above-average proficiency rates on state tests. The school also maintains a high four-year graduation rate of 96.6%, significantly higher than the state average. However, Fitch High School has experienced a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 10.6% to 32.4% in recent years, an issue the school and district may need to address.

Fitch High School's performance varies across different student subgroups, with the school ranking highly for African American and Hispanic students but lower for white and multi-racial students. The school also has a strong program for gifted and talented students, ranking 7th out of 308 Ohio high schools. In comparison, the nearby Mahoning Career & Technical school has a more homogeneous white student population, while Choffin Career Center serves a predominantly minority student population, contributing to the varying academic outcomes observed.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 4560 Falcon Dr
       Youngstown, OH  44515-3701


(330) 797-3900

District: Austintown Local Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
422nd of 864 Ohio High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,644 Help


Feeder schools for Fitch High School:

Elementary:    Austintown Elementary School
    Austintown Intermediate School
Middle:    Austintown Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.7 Help
Number of students:  1,230

Racial breakdown:

White:
72.5%
African American:
13.7%
Hispanic:
6.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  64.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Fitch High School ranks better than 51.2% of high schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 53.21. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Fitch 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.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (72.5%), African American (13.7%), Hispanic (6.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 64.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Fitch High School is 16.7. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Fitch High School is $10,644.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Fitch High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Fitch High School 422nd of 864 Ohio public high schools. (See Fitch High School in the ranking list.)

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Austintown Local Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Austintown Local Schools 280th of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Fitch High School

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Rank History for all students at Fitch High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 57.30 316th 681 53.6%
2005 68.42 225th 689 67.3%
2006 68.32 215th 696 69.1%
2007 69.26 210th 756 72.2%
2008 63.47 321st 767 58.1%
2009 66.22 293rd 791 63.0%
2010 65.23 324th 819 60.4%
2011 65.87 320th 818 60.9%
2012 65.24 348th 832 58.2%
2013 59.79 396th 767 48.4%
2014 56.68 442nd 769 42.5%
2015 57.33 384th 778 50.6%
2016 53.28 407th 784 48.1%
2017 51.75 378th 773 51.1%
2018 59.04 334th 800 58.3%
2019 61.54 313th 836 62.6%
2021 61.98 263rd 819 67.9%
2022 60.53 302nd 836 63.9%
2023 60.19 338th 867 61.0%
2024 53.21 422nd 864 51.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Fitch High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.85 22nd 201 89.1%
2019 93.00 3rd 208 98.6%
2021 61.98 84th 211 60.2%
2022 32.49 164th 222 26.1%
2023 50.06 129th 239 46.0%
2024 51.28 123rd 242 49.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Fitch High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 48.61 254th 614 58.6%
2024 31.94 401st 598 32.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Fitch High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.38 208th 758 72.6%
2019 67.02 221st 779 71.6%
2021 68.06 178th 763 76.7%
2022 70.44 176th 773 77.2%
2023 71.52 163rd 805 79.8%
2024 56.83 365th 822 55.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Fitch High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.26 367th 751 51.1%
2019 63.83 320th 781 59.0%
2021 65.11 247th 775 68.1%
2022 63.55 293rd 794 63.1%
2023 62.92 327th 813 59.8%
2024 53.07 433rd 798 45.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Fitch High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.74 227th 550 58.7%
2019 66.63 129th 628 79.5%
2021 45.25 286th 596 52.0%
2022 39.46 323rd 606 46.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Fitch High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.28 204th 538 62.1%
2023 78.19 7th 308 97.7%
2024 74.57 42nd 280 85.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Fitch High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.38 316th 763 58.6%
2019 68.35 243rd 792 69.3%
2021 62.31 271st 778 65.2%
2022 62.06 308th 808 61.9%
2023 62.19 323rd 819 60.6%
2024 56.88 391st 816 52.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Fitch High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.56 57th 279 79.6%
2019 70.51 82nd 303 72.9%
2021 75.41 42nd 284 85.2%
2022 69.06 83rd 306 72.9%
2023 72.07 74th 323 77.1%
2024 55.40 128th 318 59.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Fitch High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.61 54th 184 70.7%
2019 53.77 111th 207 46.4%
2021 59.46 92nd 239 61.5%
2022 60.40 98th 260 62.3%
2023 55.32 121st 270 55.2%
2024 65.65 89th 273 67.4%
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Rank History for White students at Fitch High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.25 347th 718 51.7%
2019 64.51 265th 739 64.1%
2021 64.80 224th 727 69.2%
2022 65.77 250th 749 66.6%
2023 62.02 306th 756 59.5%
2024 54.54 383rd 754 49.2%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for White Students!

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.

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Data source: Ohio Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Fitch High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 2146 35 9 11 1 n/a n/a 0 2202
1989 2052 47 8 13 3 n/a n/a 0 2123
1990 1931 45 9 7 0 n/a n/a 0 1992
1991 1813 25 1 9 0 n/a n/a 0 1848
1992 1725 58 7 20 3 n/a n/a 0 1813
1993 1695 62 7 24 2 n/a n/a 0 1790
1994 1712 74 12 26 3 n/a n/a 0 1827
1995 1728 90 11 26 3 n/a n/a 0 1858
1996 1728 90 11 26 3 n/a n/a 0 1858
1997 1724 92 12 24 4 n/a n/a 0 1856
1998 1642 97 8 30 3 n/a n/a 0 1780
1999 1542 98 14 28 3 n/a n/a 0 1685
2000 1551 93 15 29 2 n/a n/a 0 1690
2001 1519 92 16 28 1 n/a n/a 0 1656
2002 1510 104 13 17 1 n/a n/a 5 1650
2003 1510 104 13 17 1 n/a n/a 5 1650
2004 1509 113 11 20 1 n/a n/a 7 1661
2005 1499 108 9 18 1 n/a n/a 14 1649
2006 1505 104 8 30 0 n/a n/a 20 1667
2007 1513 106 6 33 1 n/a n/a 22 1681
2008 1442 131 12 29 0 n/a n/a 28 1642
2009 1401 158 17 32 1 n/a n/a 25 1634
2010 1252 164 19 37 1 n/a n/a 26 1499
2011 1251 179 18 46 3 0 33 0 1530
2012 1274 213 14 52 2 0 39 0 1594
2013 1264 219 10 55 3 0 35 0 1586
2014 1318 224 13 52 4 1 33 0 1645
2015 1309 220 12 54 2 0 34 0 1631
2016 1257 223 14 74 2 0 31 0 1601
2017 1166 209 11 77 1 0 40 0 1504
2018 1119 179 12 76 1 0 43 0 1430
2019 1072 162 13 70 1 0 43 0 1361
2020 1027 152 9 63 4 0 56 0 1311
2021 991 145 10 68 4 2 63 0 1283
2022 940 150 6 70 5 2 56 0 1229
2023 911 159 4 78 5 2 69 0 1228
2024 892 169 5 84 4 2 74 0 1230

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 Fitch High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2202 108.0 20.3 0
1989 2123 103.0 20.6 n/a
1990 1992 100.0 19.9 n/a
1991 1848 99.0 18.6 n/a
1992 1813 92.1 19.6 4.5
1993 1790 92.0 19.5 6.4
1994 1827 84.0 21.8 8
1995 1858 90.3 20.6 11.2
1996 1858 90.3 20.6 11.2
1997 1856 89.3 20.8 8.4
1998 1780 90.3 19.7 8.5
1999 1685 93.7 18.0 13.1
2000 1690 96.9 17.4 13.1
2001 1656 101.8 16.3 15.2
2002 1650 104.8 15.7 15.6
2003 1650 104.8 15.7 15.6
2004 1661 101.9 16.3 17
2005 1649 103.9 15.9 16
2006 1667 101.6 16.4 20.6
2007 1681 98.4 17.1 22.8
2008 1642 89.9 18.3 n/a
2009 1634 89.6 18.2 28.8
2010 1499 91.7 16.3 40.5
2011 1530 92.6 16.5 38.3
2012 1594 90.6 17.5 47.9
2013 1586 95.9 16.5 44.9
2014 1645 92.6 17.7 55.1
2015 1631 n/a n/a 54.1
2016 1601 79.0 20.2 55.6
2017 1504 86.8 17.3 55
2018 1430 82.8 17.2 52.8
2019 1361 83.6 16.2 50
2020 1311 80.6 16.2 48.9
2021 1283 75.4 17.0 n/a
2022 1229 76.4 16.0 n/a
2023 1228 77.4 15.8 56.9
2024 1230 73.4 16.7 64.7

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 Fitch High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2202 108.0 20.3 0
1989 2123 103.0 20.6 n/a
1990 1992 100.0 19.9 n/a
1991 1848 99.0 18.6 n/a
1992 1813 92.1 19.6 4.5
1993 1790 92.0 19.5 6.4
1994 1827 84.0 21.8 8
1995 1858 90.3 20.6 11.2
1996 1858 90.3 20.6 11.2
1997 1856 89.3 20.8 8.4
1998 1780 90.3 19.7 8.5
1999 1685 93.7 18.0 13.1
2000 1690 96.9 17.4 13.1
2001 1656 101.8 16.3 15.2
2002 1650 104.8 15.7 15.6
2003 1650 104.8 15.7 15.6
2004 1661 101.9 16.3 17
2005 1649 103.9 15.9 16
2006 1667 101.6 16.4 20.6
2007 1681 98.4 17.1 22.8
2008 1642 89.9 18.3 n/a
2009 1634 89.6 18.2 28.8
2010 1499 91.7 16.3 40.5
2011 1530 92.6 16.5 38.3
2012 1594 90.6 17.5 47.9
2013 1586 95.9 16.5 44.9
2014 1645 92.6 17.7 55.1
2015 1631 n/a n/a 54.1
2016 1601 79.0 20.2 55.6
2017 1504 86.8 17.3 55
2018 1430 82.8 17.2 52.8
2019 1361 83.6 16.2 50
2020 1311 80.6 16.2 48.9
2021 1283 75.4 17.0 n/a
2022 1229 76.4 16.0 n/a
2023 1228 77.4 15.8 56.9
2024 1230 73.4 16.7 64.7

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Fitch High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $8,289
2022 $10,093
2023 $10,591
2024 $10,644

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

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 313th of 836 High schoolsRanks 338th of 867 High schools
 1.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course American Government (Fitch High School)82.375.3
 7%
   End of Course American Government (Austintown Local Schools)82.375.3
 7%
   End of Course American Government (Ohio)77.772
 5.7%
End of Course American History (Fitch High School)8574.3
 10.7%
   End of Course American History (Austintown Local Schools)85.774.2
 11.5%
   End of Course American History (Ohio)78.169.7
 8.4%
End of Course Biology (Fitch High School)75.265.6
 9.6%
   End of Course Biology (Austintown Local Schools)7665.2
 10.8%
   End of Course Biology (Ohio)73.763.7
 10%
End of Course English II (Fitch High School)75.468.3
 7.1%
   End of Course English II (Austintown Local Schools)74.967.9
 7%
   End of Course English II (Ohio)66.260.8
 5.4%
End of Course Geometry (Fitch High School)61.154.7
 6.4%
   End of Course Geometry (Austintown Local Schools)59.653.5
 6.1%
   End of Course Geometry (Ohio)50.141.8
 8.3%
End of Course Algebra I (Fitch High School)58.561.5
 3%
   End of Course Algebra I (Austintown Local Schools)66.168.8
 2.7%
   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 Students13611228
 9.8%
African American162159
 1.9%
American Indian15
 400%
Asian134
 69.2%
Hispanic7078
 11.4%
Pacific Islander02
White1072911
 15%
Two or More Races4369
 60.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients50%56.9%
 6.9%


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Fitch High School ranks 422nd of 864 Ohio high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Fitch High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Austintown Elementary School
Elementary : Austintown Intermediate School
Middle : Austintown Middle School

Students at Fitch High School are 73% White, 14% African American, 7% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,230 students attended Fitch High School.


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