Arlington Local High School
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Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Arlington Local High School
As a modestly sized 9-12 campus in Arlington, Ohio, Arlington Local High School teaches 249 students from grades 7 through 12, run under Arlington Local. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Arlington Local High School sits 56% leaner than that benchmark.
Arlington Local High School is one of 2 schools operated by Arlington Local, a district that works with 612 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Arlington Local High School records that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hancock County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, Arlington Local High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.2%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hancock County) reports that median household income runs about $73,141, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hancock County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,975 students), Arlington Local High School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Arlington Local Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Arlington Local High School comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.8%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 277 students in 2018 compared to 249 in 2025.
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- Arlington Local Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
- Arlington Local Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
- Arlington Local Elementary School0.0 mi · 363
- Riverdale Elementary School7.2 mi · 221
- Riverdale High School7.2 mi · 321
- Riverdale Elementary School7.2 mi · 197
- Riverdale Middle School7.2 mi · 208
- Hardin Northern Elementary School7.5 mi · 211