Ayersville High School

Ayersville High School is a secondary school of compact scale in Defiance, Ohio, run under Ayersville Local, enrolling 326 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Ayersville High School sits 42% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in Ayersville Local (648 students total), Ayersville High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ayersville High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest is composed of 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Ayersville High School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Defiance County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ayersville High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.3%; this one delivers 74.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Defiance County put median household income runs about $73,064, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Defiance County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,682 students), of which Ayersville High School is one.

Ayersville Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Ayersville High School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ayersville High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 71.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Ayersville High School's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 336 (now 326). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Ayersville High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.