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Enrollment
437
High
DISTRICT 222 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BATH LOCAL·NCES 390457602335
Bath High School
2850 Bible Rd, Lima, OH 45801 · (419) 221-0366 · Allen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
156 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Bath Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
75.9%
OH avg 59.8%
Math
84.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +31.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Math scores are up about 32 points since 2021.
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
81.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
437
-39 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 19.0:1
% White
88%
was 89%
% Hispanic
5%
was 4%
% Black
3%
was 3%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Bath High School
As a compact four-year high school in Lima, Ohio, Bath High School hosts 437 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Bath Local. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 565.
Bath Local runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,588 students. Bath High School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Bath High School records that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian.
In terms of school funding signals, Bath High School reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Allen County's rate of about 50%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bath High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.3%, the actual is 81.6%, a residual of +6.2 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Allen County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $64,038 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Allen County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,579 students), of which Bath High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Bath Digital Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The school occupies a residential site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 476 students in 2018 compared to 437 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.
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Allen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,348
Census ACS
Median income
$64,038
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
14,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bath Local
- Bath Elementary SchoolElementary · 727 students
- Bath Middle SchoolMiddle · 417 students
- Bath Digital AcademyHigh · 7 students
Other schools in Lima
- Lima Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,004 students
- Apollo Career CenterHigh · 745 students
- Bath Elementary SchoolElementary · 727 students
- Shawnee Middle SchoolMiddle · 712 students
- Shawnee High SchoolHigh · 673 students
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
Nearby schools
- Bath Digital Academy0.0 mi · 7
- Bath Middle School0.2 mi · 417
- Bath Elementary School0.3 mi · 727
- Lima North Middle School3.2 mi · 321
- Lima Senior High School3.2 mi · 1,004
- Freedom Elementary School3.4 mi · 235
Frequently asked questions
About Bath High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bath High School?
Bath High School enrolls approximately 437 students in grades 09-12.
Is Bath High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bath High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Bath High School have?
Bath High School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
How diverse is Bath High School?
Bath High School reports a student body of 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Bath High School?
Bath High School is overseen by Bath Local in Allen County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.