Wadsworth High School

Summary:

Wadsworth High School is a public high school located in Wadsworth, Ohio, serving 1,623 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Wadsworth City School District, which is ranked 178 out of 839 districts in Ohio and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Wadsworth High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in Ohio, with a statewide ranking between 72 and 162 over the past several years. The school has maintained a 4- or 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating strong academic performance. Wadsworth High School students consistently outperform the state and district averages on Ohio State Tests across various subjects, and the school has an impressive 4-year graduation rate, ranging from 94.3% to 96.6% over the past several years, significantly higher than the state average. The school's performance is particularly strong among specific student subgroups, such as Hispanic students, White students, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, outperforming the state and district averages.

While Wadsworth High School's academic achievements are noteworthy, the school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 5.9% in 2019-2020 to 28.4% in 2021-2022, which is an area of concern. Additionally, the school's performance for special education and gifted and talented students is more mixed, with lower rankings compared to other student subgroups, suggesting the need for more effective support for these populations. Nonetheless, Wadsworth High School outperforms many of the nearby schools, such as Chippewa Junior/Senior High School, which is ranked 49th in the state and has similar demographic characteristics but slightly lower test scores in some subjects.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 625 Broad St
       Wadsworth, OH  44281-2319


(330) 335-1400

District: Wadsworth City

SchoolDigger Rank:
100th of 864 Ohio High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,966 Help


Feeder schools for Wadsworth High School:

Elementary:    Franklin Elementary School
    Isham Memorial Elementary School
    Lincoln Elementary School
    Overlook Elementary School
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Middle:    Central Intermediate School
    Wadsworth Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  19.5 Help
Number of students:  1,591

Racial breakdown:

White:
89.8%
Hispanic:
3.5%
Two or more races:
3.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  27.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Wadsworth High School ranks better than 88.4% of high schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 77.89. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Wadsworth 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 (89.8%), Hispanic (3.5%), two or more races (3.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 27.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Wadsworth High School is 19.5. (See more...)
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Compare Wadsworth High School employs 81.2 full-time teachers.
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Wadsworth High School is $11,966.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Wadsworth High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Wadsworth High School 100th of 864 Ohio public high schools. (See Wadsworth High School in the ranking list.)

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Wadsworth City:

SchoolDigger ranks Wadsworth City 178th of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Wadsworth High School

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Rank History for all students at Wadsworth High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 82.26 111th 681 83.7%
2005 76.37 133rd 689 80.7%
2006 70.62 186th 696 73.3%
2007 75.08 121st 756 84.0%
2008 79.48 63rd 767 91.8%
2009 77.01 86th 791 89.1%
2010 79.02 69th 819 91.6%
2011 78.57 61st 818 92.5%
2012 79.10 44th 832 94.7%
2013 77.40 78th 767 89.8%
2014 75.98 99th 769 87.1%
2015 71.67 126th 778 83.8%
2016 65.25 217th 784 72.3%
2017 70.02 152nd 773 80.3%
2018 71.43 149th 800 81.4%
2019 74.63 129th 836 84.6%
2021 79.40 72nd 819 91.2%
2022 72.12 162nd 836 80.6%
2023 74.31 140th 867 83.9%
2024 77.89 100th 864 88.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Wadsworth High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.69 51st 201 74.6%
2019 81.18 35th 208 83.2%
2022 72.49 55th 222 75.2%
2023 47.79 133rd 239 44.4%
2024 60.74 97th 242 59.9%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for Multi-racial Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Wadsworth High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 53.94 195th 614 68.2%
2024 53.80 196th 598 67.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Wadsworth High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 62.47 240th 758 68.3%
2019 73.48 138th 779 82.3%
2021 67.02 189th 763 75.2%
2022 68.77 187th 773 75.8%
2023 75.12 128th 805 84.1%
2024 82.61 69th 822 91.6%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Wadsworth High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.27 156th 751 79.2%
2019 80.73 96th 781 87.7%
2021 82.11 75th 775 90.3%
2022 72.16 190th 794 76.1%
2023 77.10 140th 813 82.8%
2024 81.49 107th 798 86.6%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Wadsworth High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.51 155th 550 71.8%
2019 60.50 179th 628 71.5%
2021 54.32 199th 596 66.6%
2022 46.04 258th 606 57.4%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Wadsworth High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.89 284th 538 47.2%
2019 71.57 52nd 272 80.9%
2022 58.30 160th 312 48.7%
2023 69.76 77th 308 75.0%
2024 74.79 39th 280 86.1%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for Gifted and Talented Students!

Rank History for Male students at Wadsworth High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.48 163rd 763 78.6%
2019 79.58 112th 792 85.9%
2021 84.17 69th 778 91.1%
2022 78.35 128th 808 84.2%
2023 79.60 125th 819 84.7%
2024 83.17 83rd 816 89.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Wadsworth High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.81 8th 184 95.7%
2021 95.14 7th 239 97.1%
2022 81.12 39th 260 85.0%
2023 74.57 58th 270 78.5%
2024 89.43 18th 273 93.4%
See the entire list of Best Ohio High Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Wadsworth High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.73 184th 718 74.4%
2019 78.30 119th 739 83.9%
2021 80.42 93rd 727 87.2%
2022 73.05 168th 749 77.6%
2023 76.20 147th 756 80.6%
2024 81.48 100th 754 86.7%
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.

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 Wadsworth High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1271 8 5 3 0 n/a n/a 0 1287
1989 1177 9 7 4 0 n/a n/a 0 1197
1990 1135 9 9 6 0 n/a n/a 0 1159
1991 1091 7 8 5 0 n/a n/a 0 1111
1992 1103 5 7 4 1 n/a n/a 0 1120
1993 1174 1 7 2 1 n/a n/a 1 1186
1994 1204 2 11 2 1 n/a n/a 0 1220
1995 1258 4 14 7 1 n/a n/a 0 1284
1996 1258 4 14 7 1 n/a n/a 0 1284
1997 1321 3 17 4 0 n/a n/a 0 1345
1998 1303 3 13 4 1 n/a n/a 0 1324
1999 1341 6 14 5 1 n/a n/a 0 1367
2000 1334 7 11 4 1 n/a n/a 0 1357
2001 1344 7 8 5 1 n/a n/a 0 1365
2002 1450 8 9 4 3 n/a n/a 7 1481
2003 1450 8 9 4 3 n/a n/a 7 1481
2004 1540 7 9 8 4 n/a n/a 6 1574
2005 1472 10 13 11 3 n/a n/a 3 1512
2006 1479 7 12 9 2 n/a n/a 4 1513
2007 1552 18 18 8 2 n/a n/a 7 1605
2008 1530 23 15 9 2 n/a n/a 11 1590
2009 1593 14 15 4 5 n/a n/a 17 1648
2010 1570 15 16 6 5 n/a n/a 18 1630
2011 1566 19 15 9 2 0 18 0 1629
2012 1562 15 19 7 2 1 25 0 1631
2013 1593 10 17 11 3 1 24 0 1659
2014 1566 19 16 22 2 0 24 0 1649
2015 1516 21 12 25 4 1 29 0 1608
2016 1516 26 14 25 4 1 30 0 1616
2017 1548 20 11 36 3 2 37 0 1657
2018 1547 15 11 39 3 2 45 0 1662
2019 1499 17 17 37 2 2 42 0 1616
2020 1486 20 19 38 4 2 41 0 1610
2021 1490 16 19 37 1 3 41 0 1607
2022 1453 22 24 44 1 2 41 0 1587
2023 1466 25 25 58 2 2 45 0 1623
2024 1429 26 21 55 3 2 55 0 1591

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 Wadsworth High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1287 67.0 19.2 0
1989 1197 66.0 18.1 n/a
1990 1159 64.6 17.9 n/a
1991 1111 63.7 17.4 n/a
1992 1120 65.4 17.1 3.8
1993 1186 98.1 12.1 6.7
1994 1220 82.9 14.7 7.6
1995 1284 84.0 15.3 5.2
1996 1284 84.0 15.3 5.2
1997 1345 79.9 16.8 5.4
1998 1324 87.9 15.1 3.2
1999 1367 95.2 14.4 5
2000 1357 92.0 14.8 5.4
2001 1365 91.4 14.9 4.8
2002 1481 85.3 17.4 5
2003 1481 85.3 17.4 5
2004 1574 80.9 19.5 4.6
2005 1512 98.0 15.4 5.4
2006 1513 90.4 16.7 9.3
2007 1605 96.1 16.7 8.9
2008 1590 94.2 16.9 n/a
2009 1648 88.7 18.6 9
2010 1630 86.8 18.7 14.8
2011 1629 84.8 19.1 15.4
2012 1631 91.4 17.8 13.1
2013 1659 91.5 18.1 15.3
2014 1649 81.8 20.1 16.6
2015 1608 n/a n/a 15.7
2016 1616 78.0 20.7 17.9
2017 1657 77.6 21.3 17.6
2018 1662 75.6 21.9 20.5
2019 1616 77.6 20.8 18.6
2020 1610 78.0 20.6 18.8
2021 1607 79.4 20.2 n/a
2022 1587 80.3 19.7 n/a
2023 1623 81.4 19.9 16.2
2024 1591 81.2 19.5 27.8

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 Wadsworth High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1287 67.0 19.2 0
1989 1197 66.0 18.1 n/a
1990 1159 64.6 17.9 n/a
1991 1111 63.7 17.4 n/a
1992 1120 65.4 17.1 3.8
1993 1186 98.1 12.1 6.7
1994 1220 82.9 14.7 7.6
1995 1284 84.0 15.3 5.2
1996 1284 84.0 15.3 5.2
1997 1345 79.9 16.8 5.4
1998 1324 87.9 15.1 3.2
1999 1367 95.2 14.4 5
2000 1357 92.0 14.8 5.4
2001 1365 91.4 14.9 4.8
2002 1481 85.3 17.4 5
2003 1481 85.3 17.4 5
2004 1574 80.9 19.5 4.6
2005 1512 98.0 15.4 5.4
2006 1513 90.4 16.7 9.3
2007 1605 96.1 16.7 8.9
2008 1590 94.2 16.9 n/a
2009 1648 88.7 18.6 9
2010 1630 86.8 18.7 14.8
2011 1629 84.8 19.1 15.4
2012 1631 91.4 17.8 13.1
2013 1659 91.5 18.1 15.3
2014 1649 81.8 20.1 16.6
2015 1608 n/a n/a 15.7
2016 1616 78.0 20.7 17.9
2017 1657 77.6 21.3 17.6
2018 1662 75.6 21.9 20.5
2019 1616 77.6 20.8 18.6
2020 1610 78.0 20.6 18.8
2021 1607 79.4 20.2 n/a
2022 1587 80.3 19.7 n/a
2023 1623 81.4 19.9 16.2
2024 1591 81.2 19.5 27.8

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 Wadsworth High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $10,175
2022 $10,547
2023 $11,471
2024 $11,966

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Wadsworth High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 129th of 836 High schoolsRanks 140th of 867 High schools
 0.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course American Government (Wadsworth High School)9186.4
 4.6%
   End of Course American Government (Wadsworth City)9186.4
 4.6%
   End of Course American Government (Ohio)77.772
 5.7%
End of Course American History (Wadsworth High School)94.684.4
 10.2%
   End of Course American History (Wadsworth City)94.684.4
 10.2%
   End of Course American History (Ohio)78.169.7
 8.4%
End of Course Biology (Wadsworth High School)86.180.2
 5.9%
   End of Course Biology (Wadsworth City)86.180.2
 5.9%
   End of Course Biology (Ohio)73.763.7
 10%
End of Course English II (Wadsworth High School)85.178.9
 6.2%
   End of Course English II (Wadsworth City)85.178.9
 6.2%
   End of Course English II (Ohio)66.260.8
 5.4%
End of Course Geometry (Wadsworth High School)64.760.3
 4.4%
   End of Course Geometry (Wadsworth City)65.360.8
 4.5%
   End of Course Geometry (Ohio)50.141.8
 8.3%
End of Course Algebra I (Wadsworth High School)70.768.5
 2.2%
   End of Course Algebra I (Wadsworth City)80.576.5
 4%
   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 Students16161623
 0.4%
African American1725
 47.1%
American Indian22
Asian1725
 47.1%
Hispanic3758
 56.8%
Pacific Islander22
White14991466
 2.2%
Two or More Races4245
 7.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients18.6%16.2%
 2.4%


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Students at Wadsworth High School are 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American, 1% Asian.

Wadsworth High School ranks 100th of 864 Ohio high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,591 students attended Wadsworth High School.


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