Athens High School

Set in The Plains, Ohio, Athens High School is a moderately sized secondary school, part of Athens City School District. It enrolls 685 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 21% above typical.

Across the 5 schools in Athens City School District (2,267 students total), Athens High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Athens High School lists that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 7% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

Around the school, census data for Athens County shows median household earnings sit near $56,001, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Athens County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,680 students), of which Athens High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: The Plains Intermediate School, around 0.7 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Athens High School has contracted 11%, going from 769 students in 2018 to 685 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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