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Alumni: what's one memory from Buckeye Valley Local High School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
597
High
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUCKEYE VALLEY LOCAL·NCES 390467502645
Buckeye Valley Local High School
901 Coover Rd, Delaware, OH 43015 · (740) 363-1349 · Delaware County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 93% of Ohio public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
16.5:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
138 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 174 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 152 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 135 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 136 | 23% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 Buckeye Valley Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
81.8%
OH avg 59.8% . +6.8pp since 2021
Math
82.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +20.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 21 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.8% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.4% | 73.7% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 69.7% |
| 2021-22 | 75.0% | 61.3% |
% 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
82.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Buckeye Valley Local High School
Buckeye Valley Local High School's state test result (82.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye Valley Local High School this school | 597 | 23.1% | 82.4% |
| Johnstown High School Johnstown | 488 | 19.7% | 71.4% |
| Eastwood I High School Pemberville | 432 | 22.7% | 81.7% |
| Buckeye High School Medina | 636 | 20.3% | 80.1% |
| Waynesville High School Waynesville | 448 | 27.9% | 84.9% |
| Oak Harbor High School Oak Harbor | 669 | 29.1% | 80.9% |
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 Buckeye Valley Local High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #66 of 403 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #46 of 776 ▲ 33 | #4 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #105 of 774 ▲ 105 | #6 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.8pp | #64 of 742 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #308 of 888 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #377 of 739 | #2 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.6% | #479 of 749 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.1% | #357 of 435 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #116 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
597
-103 (-15%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 597 | 36.2 | 16.5:1 | 23% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 35.5 | 17.4:1 | 22% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 654 | 36.6 | 17.9:1 | 13% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 700 | 41 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 738 | 37.6 | 19.6:1 | 17% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 687 | 35 | 19.6:1 | 17% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | 37 | 18.6:1 | 37% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 732 | 38 | 19.3:1 | 1% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 33 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Buckeye Valley Local High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (738 to 597); teachers down 4% (37.6 to 36.2).
About Buckeye Valley Local High School
Buckeye Valley Local High School is a mid-sized high school in Ohio, with an address in Delaware. It has an enrollment of 597 students in grades 9 through 12.
Buckeye Valley Local oversees Buckeye Valley Local High School and 3 other schools, with 2,298 students in total.
Buckeye Valley Local High School is 91% White by enrollment. Next come 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 80% White among all Delaware County residents. The diversity index for Buckeye Valley Local High School is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Buckeye Valley Local High School, there are about 16.5 students; the school has 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 23%. The average for public schools in Delaware County is similar, at 20%.
On the allk12 Grade, Buckeye Valley Local High School lands at A, ahead of 93% of Ohio public high schools.
Buckeye Valley Local High School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 82.4% is 2.3 points above the 80.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Delaware County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $133,540, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 59%, and roughly 3% of residents are in poverty. There are 59 public schools in the county, enrolling about 44,100, Buckeye Valley Local High School among them.
Buckeye Valley Local Middle School is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Buckeye Valley Local High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Buckeye Valley Local High School at 1st of 9.
The federal government classifies Buckeye Valley Local High School's location as Rural: Fringe.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 700 to 597, a 15% drop.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
226,834
Census ACS
Median income
$133,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
59
44,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Buckeye Valley Local
- Buckeye Valley West Elementary SchoolElementary · 648 students
- Buckeye Valley Local Middle SchoolMiddle · 612 students
- Buckeye Valley East Elementary SchoolElementary · 441 students
Other schools in Delaware
- Olentangy Berlin High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Rutherford B Hayes High SchoolHigh · 1,612 students
- John C Dempsey Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,278 students
- Olentangy Berlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 886 students
- Robert F Schultz Elementary SchoolElementary · 777 students
- Laura Woodward Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
Nearby schools
- Buckeye Valley Local Middle School0.2 mi · 612
- John C Dempsey Middle School2.6 mi · 1,278
- Rutherford B Hayes High School2.8 mi · 1,612
- Ervin Carlisle Elementary School2.9 mi · 533
- David Smith Elementary School2.9 mi · 376
- Robert F Schultz Elementary School3.7 mi · 777
Frequently asked questions
About Buckeye Valley Local High SchoolHow many students attend Buckeye Valley Local High School?
Buckeye Valley Local High School enrolls approximately 597 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Buckeye Valley Local High School serve?
Buckeye Valley Local High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Buckeye Valley Local High School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at Buckeye Valley Local High School.
How diverse is Buckeye Valley Local High School?
Buckeye Valley Local High School reports a student body of 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Buckeye Valley Local High School?
Buckeye Valley Local High School is overseen by Buckeye Valley Local in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.