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Enrollment
643
High
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEFONTAINE CITY·NCES 390435800144
Bellefontaine High School
555 E Lake Ave, Bellefontaine, OH 43311 · (937) 593-0545 · Logan County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Ohio public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
15.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
310 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 173 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 162 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 163 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 145 | 23% |
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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 Bellefontaine City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -18.5pp since 2021
Math
51.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 19 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 51.1% |
| 2023-24 | 57.9% | 40.9% |
| 2022-23 | 54.5% | 44.3% |
| 2021-22 | 68.5% | 50.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 71% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Bellefontaine High School
Bellefontaine High School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellefontaine High School this school | 643 | 48.2% | 56.0% |
| Midview High School Grafton | 727 | 48.8% | 72.1% |
| Greene County Career Center Xenia | 649 | 50.1% | N/A |
| Celina High School Celina | 743 | 43.2% | 61.5% |
| Howland High School Warren | 696 | 42.0% | 76.7% |
| Shawnee Middle School/High School Springfield | 667 | 51.6% | 70.8% |
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 Bellefontaine High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #360 of 403 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #368 of 776 ▲ 83 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #584 of 774 ▼ 82 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -8.7pp | #34 of 742 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 643 | #282 of 888 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #319 of 739 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.1% | #251 of 749 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #181 of 435 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #282 of 484 |
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
643
-44 (-6%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 871
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 643 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 48% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 655 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 50% (325) |
| 2022-23 | 692 | 44.3 | 15.6:1 | 41% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 687 | 46 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 716 | 47.7 | 15.0:1 | 38% (272) |
| 2015-16 | 740 | 46 | 16.1:1 | 45% (332) |
| 2010-11 | 764 | 52 | 14.7:1 | 46% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 846 | 54 | 15.7:1 | 7% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 871 | 43 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bellefontaine High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (716 to 643); teachers down 14% (47.7 to 41).
About Bellefontaine High School
Bellefontaine High School is a medium-sized high school. Its address is in Bellefontaine, Ohio. The school's 643 students are in grades 9 through 12.
The Bellefontaine City system has 4 schools and 2,229 students.
By race and ethnicity, Bellefontaine High School is 79% White. Other reported shares: 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% Black. That compares with about 92% White among all Logan County residents. Bellefontaine High School has a diversity index of 36%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 41 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Bellefontaine High School was 15.7:1. The 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 48%. Across public schools in Logan County, the average is about the same, 50%.
Measured against Ohio public high schools, Bellefontaine High School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Ohio with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 70.6%. Bellefontaine High School posts 56.0%, 14.6 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Bellefontaine High School is located in Logan County, where median household income is about $71,551, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Bellefontaine High School is one of 13 public schools in Logan County, which together enroll about 6,357 students.
The school nearest to Bellefontaine High School is Bellefontaine Middle School, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Bellefontaine High School places 6th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around Bellefontaine High School as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 687 to 643.
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Logan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,089
Census ACS
Median income
$71,551
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
6,357 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bellefontaine City
- Bellefontaine Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
- Bellefontaine Intermediate SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Bellefontaine Middle SchoolMiddle · 465 students
Other schools in Bellefontaine
- Bellefontaine Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
- Benjamin Logan Elementary SchoolElementary · 587 students
- Ohio Hi-PointHigh · 586 students
- Benjamin Logan High SchoolHigh · 508 students
- Bellefontaine Intermediate SchoolElementary · 505 students
- Benjamin Logan Middle SchoolMiddle · 496 students
Nearby schools
- Bellefontaine Middle School0.5 mi · 465
- Bellefontaine Elementary School0.6 mi · 616
- Bellefontaine Intermediate School1.3 mi · 505
- Ohio Hi-Point2.4 mi · 586
- Benjamin Logan Elementary School6.6 mi · 587
- Benjamin Logan High School6.7 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About Bellefontaine High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bellefontaine High School?
Bellefontaine High School enrolls approximately 643 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Bellefontaine High School serve?
Bellefontaine High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Bellefontaine High School have?
Bellefontaine High School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Bellefontaine High School?
Student demographics at Bellefontaine High School are roughly 79% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Bellefontaine High School in?
Bellefontaine High School is part of Bellefontaine City.
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