Bowling Green High School

Bowling Green High School, an average-sized secondary school in Bowling Green, Ohio, overseen by Bowling Green City School District, serves 799 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 41% above typical.

Across the 6 schools in Bowling Green City School District (2,537 students total), Bowling Green High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Bowling Green High School records that nearly all students (81%) are White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Bowling Green High School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Bowling Green High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 31% of students at Bowling Green High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bowling Green High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 76.9%; this one delivers 67.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Wood County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,216, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Wood County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,968 students), of which Bowling Green High School is one.

Bowling Green Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bowling Green High School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 73.2%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 877 students in 2018 compared to 799 in 2025.

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