Arcanum High School

Arcanum High School is a cozy high school in Arcanum, Ohio, part of Arcanum-Butler Local. The school educates 325 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.

Arcanum-Butler Local comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,155 students; Arcanum High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Arcanum High School records that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.2:1. The state averages about 17.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 99% of students at Arcanum High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Darke County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Arcanum High School ranks in the top 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 51.4%; Arcanum High School posts 74.4%, +23.0 points above that line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Darke County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,486 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Darke County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,993 students), Arcanum High School is one campus in the mix.

Butler Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Arcanum High School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 79.1%.

Arcanum High School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 374 students in 2018 compared to 325 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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