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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Ashland High School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
910
High
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASHLAND CITY·NCES 390435000075
Ashland High School
1440 King Rd, Ashland, OH 44805 · (419) 289-7968 · Ashland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL910 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
17.6:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
360 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 43%
Community
1
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 9 | 260 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 250 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 179 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 221 | 24% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 Ashland City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
74.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.0pp since 2021
Math
59.2%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.5% | 59.2% |
| 2023-24 | 78.3% | 61.5% |
| 2022-23 | 71.4% | 56.3% |
| 2021-22 | 73.5% | 56.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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%.
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 Ashland High School
Ashland High School's state test result (73.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland High School this school | 910 | 39.6% | 73.6% |
| William Henry Harrison High School Harrison | 1,122 | 36.8% | 62.8% |
| Edgewood High School Trenton | 1,053 | 43.5% | 55.8% |
| Northwestern Junior/Senior High School Springfield | 731 | 39.0% | 58.3% |
| Talawanda High School Oxford | 889 | 35.2% | 68.9% |
| Tri-Valley High School Dresden | 730 | 40.5% | 70.6% |
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 Ashland High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Ashland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #179 of 403 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #248 of 776 ▼ 58 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #220 of 774 ▼ 58 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #461 of 742 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 910 | #166 of 888 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #466 of 739 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.0% | #409 of 749 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #246 of 435 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #395 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
910
+70 (+8%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 1,253
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 910 | 51.7 | 17.6:1 | 40% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 892 | 50.8 | 17.6:1 | 30% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 881 | 46.1 | 19.1:1 | 26% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 840 | 47 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 959 | 54.1 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 1,001 | 51 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 1,067 | 68 | 15.7:1 | 41% (438) |
| 2000-01 | 1,309 | 74 | 17.7:1 | 6% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 1,253 | 65 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ashland High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (959 to 910); teachers down 5% (54.1 to 51.7).
About Ashland High School
In Ashland, Ohio, part of Ashland County, Ashland High School is a high school. It reports enrollment of 910 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 61% above the 565-student average for high schools in Ohio.
Ashland High School is one school in a 5-school district, Ashland City, which enrolls 3,007 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Ashland High School is White, at 89%. After that, the student body is 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 21%.
Ashland High School lists 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.6 students per teacher. The average ratio among high schools in Ohio is similar, at 17.7:1. About 40% of students at Ashland High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 50% average for public schools in Ashland County is 10 points.
Among Ohio public high schools, Ashland High School outscored 68%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Ashland High School would be expected to post about 73.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 73.6%.
For the population of Ashland County, the median household earns about $69,860 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Ashland High School shares Ashland County with 20 other public schools.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Ashland Middle School, is the closest to Ashland High School. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Ashland High School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Ashland High School is 4th of 7 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Fringe: the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 910, from 840 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Ashland High School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Ashland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
52,256
Census ACS
Median income
$69,860
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
6,940 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ashland City
- Ashland Middle SchoolMiddle · 694 students
- Reagan Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- Taft Intermediate SchoolElementary · 460 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
Other schools in Ashland
- Ashland Middle SchoolMiddle · 694 students
- Reagan Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- Taft Intermediate SchoolElementary · 460 students
- Ashland-W Holmes Career CenterHigh · 440 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
- Mapleton Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
Other Ashland High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Ashland High. Ashland High School is the largest of the 6.
- Ashland HighAshland, MA · 884 students
- Ashland High SchoolAshland, OR · 877 students
- Ashland HighAshland, WI · 589 students
- Ashland High SchoolAshland, MS · 212 students
- Ashland HighAshland, KS · 69 students
Nearby schools
- Ashland Middle School0.1 mi · 694
- Taft Intermediate School0.3 mi · 460
- Reagan Elementary School1.5 mi · 532
- Ashland County Community Academy1.5 mi · 61
- Edison Elementary School1.8 mi · 411
- Ashland-W Holmes Career Center4.7 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Ashland High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ashland High School?
Ashland High School enrolls approximately 910 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Ashland High School serve?
Ashland High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Ashland High School have?
Ashland High School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
How diverse is Ashland High School?
Ashland High School reports a student body of 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Ashland High School public or private?
Ashland High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ashland City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.