Bethel High School

Bethel High School is a mid-tier secondary school in Tipp City, Ohio, run under Bethel Local. The school teaches 521 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 3 schools in Bethel Local (1,991 students total), Bethel High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Bethel High School lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 6% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. Roughly 69% of students at Bethel High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Miami County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Bethel High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Miami County) reports that median household earnings sit near $76,817, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Miami County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,719 students), of which Bethel High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bethel Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bethel High School comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 61.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bethel High School has edged up 42%, going from 367 students in 2018 to 521 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 93% to 86%. Class-load math has widened: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.

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