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What's something Bowling Green High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
799
High
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BOWLING GREEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 390436300185
Bowling Green High School
530 W Poe Rd, Bowling Green, OH 43402 · (419) 354-0100 · Wood County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL799 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Ohio public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
18.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.8:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
251 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 209 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 202 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 191 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 197 | 25% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · 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 Bowling Green City School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
73.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +6.6pp since 2021
Math
50.6%
OH avg 56.1% . +13.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 74 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 up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.7% | 50.6% |
| 2023-24 | 69.5% | 37.9% |
| 2022-23 | 70.2% | 35.2% |
| 2021-22 | 67.1% | 37.4% |
% 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Bowling Green High School
Bowling Green High School's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green High School this school | 799 | 31.4% | 67.0% |
| Jonathan Alder High School Plain City | 729 | 32.1% | 77.1% |
| Monroe High School Monroe | 871 | 34.9% | 73.9% |
| Marion L Steele High School Amherst | 1,014 | 34.1% | 77.0% |
| Marysville High School Marysville | 1,100 | 24.3% | 68.2% |
| Perry High School Perry | 509 | 28.1% | 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 Bowling Green High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Wood County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #258 of 403 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #378 of 776 ▲ 105 | #6 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #237 of 774 ▲ 76 | #5 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.9pp | #122 of 742 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 799 | #207 of 888 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #520 of 739 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.2% | #277 of 749 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.4% | #310 of 435 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #316 of 484 | N/A |
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
799
-70 (-8%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,024
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 799 | 43.3 | 18.5:1 | 31% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 799 | 52.3 | 15.3:1 | 31% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 807 | 45 | 17.9:1 | 23% (189) |
| 2020-21 | 869 | 46 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 877 | 48.7 | 18.0:1 | 33% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 828 | 47 | 17.6:1 | 33% (274) |
| 2010-11 | 873 | 55 | 15.9:1 | 30% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 1,214 | 64 | 19.0:1 | 5% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 1,024 | 59 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bowling Green High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (877 to 799); teachers down 11% (48.7 to 43.3).
About Bowling Green High School
Families in Bowling Green, Ohio, are served by Bowling Green High School, a medium-sized high school. Its 799 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The school's enrollment is 41% larger than the 565 average for high schools in Ohio.
Federal data list 6 schools in Bowling Green City School District, with 2,537 students enrolled.
Federal enrollment data show Bowling Green High School is 81% White. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 33% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 43.3 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.5:1. That is higher than the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio. Eligible students account for 31% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Bowling Green High School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 54% of Ohio public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Bowling Green High School is -10.0 points: 67.0% actual, 76.9% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Wood County show that the median household income is $74,216, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Bowling Green High School is one of 38 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Bowling Green Middle School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Bowling Green High School places 6th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies Bowling Green High School's location as Town: Fringe.
The school enrolled 799 students in 2024-25, 70 fewer than the 869 it had in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Bowling Green High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Wood County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
132,064
Census ACS
Median income
$74,216
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
19,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bowling Green City School District
- Bowling Green Middle SchoolMiddle · 589 students
- Conneaut Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Crim Elementary SchoolElementary · 344 students
- Kenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Bowling Green PreschoolElementary · 98 students
Other schools in Bowling Green
- Bowling Green Middle SchoolMiddle · 589 students
- Otsego High SchoolHigh · 474 students
- Conneaut Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Otsego Junior HighMiddle · 375 students
- Crim Elementary SchoolElementary · 344 students
- Kenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
Other Bowling Green High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bowling Green High. Bowling Green High School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Bowling Green High SchoolBowling Green, KY · 1,377 students
- BOWLING GREEN HIGHBOWLING GREEN, MO · 373 students
Nearby schools
- Bowling Green Middle School0.1 mi · 589
- Conneaut Elementary School0.6 mi · 414
- Bowling Green Preschool0.9 mi · 98
- Kenwood Elementary School1.6 mi · 293
- Crim Elementary School1.6 mi · 344
- Otsego High School5.1 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Bowling Green High SchoolHow large is Bowling Green High School?
Bowling Green High School enrolls approximately 799 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Bowling Green High School serve?
Bowling Green High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bowling Green High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bowling Green High School is approximately 18.5:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bowling Green High School?
Student demographics at Bowling Green High School are roughly 81% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Bowling Green High School in?
Bowling Green High School is part of Bowling Green City School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.