Ada High School

Located at 725 W North Ave, in Ada, Ohio, Ada High School is a low-enrollment senior high that teaches 404 students (grades 7 through 12), one of the schools within Ada Exempted Village. Enrollment runs roughly 28% smaller than the state mean of about 565.

Across the 2 schools in Ada Exempted Village (865 students total), Ada High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Ada High School shows that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% Black, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Hardin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Ada High School lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 93% of students at Ada High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Hardin County's rate of about 68%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ada High School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 53.7%; this one delivers 74.0%, a residual of +20.3 points.

Across the wider county, Hardin County reports that median household earnings sit near $62,484, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Hardin County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,050 students), Ada High School is one campus in the mix.

Ada Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Ada High School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Ada High School's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 404). Over the same period, the White share declined from 94% to 90%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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