Enrollment
404
High
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADA EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390451802113
Ada High School
725 W North Ave, Ada, OH 45810 · (419) 634-2746 · Hardin County
GRADES 07–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% of Ohio public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
376 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 83 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 56 | 14% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ada Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
77.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +6.6pp since 2021
Math
66.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.3% | 66.3% |
| 2023-24 | 69.4% | 66.7% |
| 2022-23 | 73.5% | 65.1% |
| 2021-22 | 70.7% | 64.5% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Ohio's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Ada High School
Ada High School's state test result (74.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ada High School this school | 404 | 93.1% | 74.0% |
| Berne Union High School Sugar Grove | 366 | 92.6% | 58.3% |
| Seneca East High School Attica | 289 | 94.5% | 74.7% |
| Milton-Union High School West Milton | 369 | 99.2% | 61.8% |
| Liberty Center High School Liberty Center | 306 | 89.5% | 77.3% |
| Martins Ferry High School Martins Ferry | 343 | 99.1% | 53.0% |
Matched among Ohio high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Ada High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hardin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #170 of 403 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #166 of 776 ▼ 24 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #174 of 774 ▲ 146 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.2pp | #349 of 742 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #471 of 888 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #308 of 739 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.0% | #451 of 749 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.1% | #45 of 435 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #381 of 484 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
404
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 443
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 404 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 93% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 25 | 15.8:1 | 91% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | N/A | N/A | 67% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 24 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 70% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 408 | 24 | 17.0:1 | 73% (297) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 76% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 29% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 443 | 24 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ada High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (429 to 404); teachers up 4% (25 to 26).
About Ada High School
Ada High School, a small high school, is located in Ada, Ohio. Its 404 students are spread across grades 7 through 12. The school's enrollment is 28% smaller than the 565 average for high schools in Ohio.
Ada High School is among 2 schools run by Ada Exempted Village, which serves 865 students.
Ada High School enrolls a student body that is 90% White. After that, the student body is 4% Black and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, Hardin County is about 93% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Ada High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 19%.
Federal data list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers at Ada High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.5:1. The average ratio among high schools in Ohio is 17.7:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 93%. Public schools in Hardin County average 68%.
The allk12 Grade for Ada High School is A. Compared with Ohio public high schools, the school scored higher than 90% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 53.7% for Ada High School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 74.0%. The 20.3-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Ohio schools.
Across Hardin County, median household income is about $62,484, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Ada High School is among the 14 public schools in Hardin County.
The nearest other public school, Ada Elementary School, is about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of Ada High School.
In the federal locale system, Ada High School is coded Town: Fringe, for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
Ada High School had 403 students in 2020-21 and 404 in 2024-25, nearly the same. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.8:1 to 15.5:1.
Discussions about Ada High School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hardin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,475
Census ACS
Median income
$62,484
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
4,050 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ada Exempted Village
- Ada Elementary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- Ada Bulldog AcademyHigh
Other schools in Ada
- Ada Elementary SchoolElementary · 461 students
- Ada Bulldog AcademyHigh
Other Ada High schools
One other US public school is named Ada High. Ada High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ada High SchoolAda, OK · 576 students
Nearby schools
- Ada Elementary School0.1 mi · 461
- Allen East Middle School5.9 mi · 334
- Allen East High School5.9 mi · 253
- Allen East Elementary School5.9 mi · 455
- Upper Scioto Valley High School6.2 mi · 159
- Upper Scioto Valley Middle School6.2 mi · 54
Frequently asked questions
About Ada High SchoolHow many students attend Ada High School?
Ada High School enrolls approximately 404 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Ada High School serve?
Ada High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ada High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ada High School is approximately 15.5:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Ada High School?
Ada High School reports a student body of 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Ada High School?
Ada High School is overseen by Ada Exempted Village in Hardin County.
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