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Enrollment
1,054
High
DISTRICT 491 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AVON LAKE CITY·NCES 390481203113
Avon Lake High School
175 Avon Belden Rd, Avon Lake, OH 44012 · (440) 933-6290 · Lorain County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,054 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Ohio public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
16.7:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
162 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 253 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 233 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 277 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 291 | 28% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Based on grade levels within Avon Lake City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
81.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -3.6pp since 2021
Math
73.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +0.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.3% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.5% | 70.6% |
| 2022-23 | 84.7% | 75.8% |
| 2021-22 | 84.9% | 72.6% |
% 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
83.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% 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 Avon Lake High School
Avon Lake High School's state test result (83.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Lake High School this school | 1,054 | 15.4% | 83.3% |
| Kenston High School Chagrin Falls | 970 | 12.7% | 86.4% |
| Granville High School Granville | 845 | 12.9% | 90.2% |
| Highland High School Medina | 989 | 10.9% | 87.7% |
| Tippecanoe High School Tipp City | 764 | 16.8% | 79.4% |
| Anthony Wayne High School Whitehouse | 1,360 | 13.0% | 79.8% |
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 Avon Lake High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lorain County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #59 of 403 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #100 of 776 ▲ 1 | #3 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #110 of 774 ▼ 37 | #3 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #154 of 742 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,054 | #127 of 888 | #6 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #388 of 739 | #10 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.3% | #420 of 749 | #13 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.4% | #399 of 435 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #207 of 484 | #9 of 11 |
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
1,054
-163 (-13%) vs 2020
+31% since 1990-91, when it was 807
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 1,054 | 63.1 | 16.7:1 | 15% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 1,069 | 64.1 | 16.7:1 | 15% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 1,152 | 64.4 | 17.9:1 | 11% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 1,217 | 70 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,224 | 60 | 20.4:1 | 12% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 1,155 | 58 | 19.9:1 | 11% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 1,169 | 72 | 16.2:1 | 11% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 1,037 | 64 | 16.2:1 | 2% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 807 | 55 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Avon Lake High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (1,224 to 1,054); teachers up 5% (60 to 63.1).
About Avon Lake High School
At 175 Avon Belden Rd in Avon Lake, Ohio, Avon Lake High School operates as a large high school. It has an enrollment of 1,054 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Ohio enroll around 565, and this school is 87% larger than that mark.
District-wide, Avon Lake City has 7 schools and 3,434 students.
White students are 89% of those enrolled at Avon Lake High School. Other reported shares: 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That compares with about 78% White among all Lorain County residents. A diversity index of 20% means there is a 20% chance two randomly chosen students at Avon Lake High School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 63.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.7:1. The average for high schools in Ohio, 17.7:1, is higher. Roughly 15% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 33% average for public schools in Lorain County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Avon Lake High School lands at A-, ahead of 75% of Ohio public high schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Avon Lake High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 83.3%; the prediction is 83.0%.
The school's county is Lorain County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $73,347 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Avon Lake High School shares Lorain County with 91 other public schools.
Avon Lake High School's closest public school neighbor is Erieview Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Avon Lake High School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Avon Lake High School as Suburb: Mid-size.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,054, down from 1,217 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Avon Lake High School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lorain County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,129
Census ACS
Median income
$73,347
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
42,516 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Avon Lake City
- Learwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 557 students
- Troy Intermediate Elementary SchoolMiddle · 539 students
- Redwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Eastview Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Westview Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
- Erieview Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 students
Other schools in Avon Lake
- Learwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 557 students
- Troy Intermediate Elementary SchoolMiddle · 539 students
- Redwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 390 students
- Eastview Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Westview Elementary SchoolElementary · 277 students
- Erieview Elementary SchoolElementary · 271 students
Nearby schools
- Erieview Elementary School0.3 mi · 271
- Redwood Elementary School0.8 mi · 390
- Troy Intermediate Elementary School1.2 mi · 539
- Eastview Elementary School1.4 mi · 346
- Learwood Middle School1.5 mi · 557
- Westview Elementary School1.6 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Avon Lake High SchoolHow many students attend Avon Lake High School?
Avon Lake High School enrolls approximately 1,054 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Avon Lake High School serve?
Avon Lake High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Avon Lake High School have?
Avon Lake High School employs 63 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Avon Lake High School?
Student demographics at Avon Lake High School are roughly 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Avon Lake High School in?
Avon Lake High School is part of Avon Lake City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.