Enrollment
244
High
DISTRICT 257 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRADFORD EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390452202126
Bradford High School
750 Railroad Ave, Bradford, OH 45308 · (937) 448-2719 · Darke County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL244 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
241 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 Bradford Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
55.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +15.2pp since 2021
Math
36.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +4.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 15 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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
244
+8 (+3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.7:1
% White
97%
was 99%
% Hispanic
2%
was 0%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Bradford High School
Bradford High School is one of the modestly sized four-year high schools in Bradford, Ohio, one of the schools within Bradford Exempted Village, with 244 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 57% below the state mean of about 565.
Bradford Exempted Village runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 513 students. Bradford High School is one of those campuses.
On demographics, Bradford High School lists that nearly all students (97%) are White. That composition is broadly in line with Darke County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Darke County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bradford High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.5%; this one delivers 49.5%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Darke County put the typical household earns roughly $64,486 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Bradford High School is one of 24 public schools in Darke County (combined enrollment of about 7,993 students).
The closest other public school is Bradford Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Bradford High School.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bradford High School has increased 3%, going from 236 students in 2018 to 244 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Darke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,594
Census ACS
Median income
$64,486
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
7,993 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bradford Exempted Village
- Bradford Elementary SchoolElementary · 269 students
Nearby schools
- Bradford Elementary School0.0 mi · 269
- Covington High School5.0 mi · 220
- Covington Elementary School5.0 mi · 380
- Covington Middle School5.0 mi · 183
- Versailles Elementary School5.7 mi · 471
- Versailles High School5.7 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Bradford High SchoolHow large is Bradford High School?
Bradford High School enrolls approximately 244 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Bradford High School serve?
Bradford High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Bradford High School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Bradford High School.
How diverse is Bradford High School?
Bradford High School reports a student body of 97% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Bradford High School?
Bradford High School is overseen by Bradford Exempted Village in Darke County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.