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Enrollment
1,107
High
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OREGON CITY·NCES 390446001475
Clay High School
5665 Seaman Rd, Oregon, OH 43616 · (419) 693-0665 · Lucas County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,107 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
16.0:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
495 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 265 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 293 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 283 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 266 | 24% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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 Oregon City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
68.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +7.1pp since 2021
Math
52.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +10.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 11 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 52.5% |
| 2023-24 | 63.5% | 49.3% |
| 2022-23 | 61.1% | 43.6% |
| 2021-22 | 60.9% | 42.0% |
% 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
66.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Clay High School
Clay High School's state test result (66.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay High School this school | 1,107 | 44.7% | 66.7% |
| Napoleon Junior/Senior High School Napoleon | 743 | 44.0% | 71.4% |
| Marion L Steele High School Amherst | 1,014 | 34.1% | 77.0% |
| Findlay High School Findlay | 1,592 | 36.1% | 67.2% |
| Rutherford B Hayes High School Delaware | 1,612 | 35.0% | 72.5% |
| Four County Career Center Archbold | 907 | 56.1% | N/A |
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 Clay High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lucas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #262 of 403 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #346 of 776 ▲ 10 | #10 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #347 of 774 ▲ 59 | #10 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.8pp | #152 of 742 | #2 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,107 | #120 of 888 | #5 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #346 of 739 | #13 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.9% | #237 of 749 | #19 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.7% | #200 of 435 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #430 of 484 | #11 of 15 |
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
1,107
-54 (-5%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 1,222
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 1,107 | 69 | 16.0:1 | 45% (495) |
| 2023-24 | 1,108 | 71 | 15.6:1 | 44% (488) |
| 2022-23 | 1,139 | 71.8 | 15.9:1 | 39% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 1,161 | 72 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,142 | 75.3 | 15.2:1 | 47% (534) |
| 2015-16 | 1,209 | 75 | 16.1:1 | 47% (564) |
| 2010-11 | 1,250 | 82 | 15.2:1 | 38% (471) |
| 2000-01 | 1,187 | 95 | 12.5:1 | 12% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 1,222 | 73 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clay High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (1,142 to 1,107); teachers down 8% (75.3 to 69).
About Clay High School
Clay High School is a large high school with its address in Oregon, Ohio. A federal count lists 1,107 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Ohio) has about 565 students.
Oregon City is the local district for Clay High School. It runs 6 schools with 3,318 students.
Clay High School is 77% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Lucas County, the White share is about 68%. Pick two students at random and there is a 38% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers at Clay High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.0:1. That is lower than the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio. The lunch program counts 45% of students at Clay High School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 44% average for public schools in Lucas County.
Clay High School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 60% of Ohio public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Clay High School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (66.7%) and its predicted rate (71.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools.
Lucas County has these Census figures: the median household income is $62,224, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lucas County is home to 143 public schools and about 73,839 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Eisenhower Intermediate School, about 2.3 miles away. Clay High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Clay High School ranks 2nd of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 66.7% against a local average of 70.1%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 1,107 students in 2024-25, 54 fewer than the 1,161 it had in 2020-21.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Clay High School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lucas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
428,018
Census ACS
Median income
$62,224
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
73,839 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Oregon City
- Eisenhower Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 494 students
- Fassett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 473 students
- Starr Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Jerusalem Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Coy Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
Other schools in Oregon
- Eisenhower Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 494 students
- Fassett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 473 students
- Starr Elementary SchoolElementary · 472 students
- Coy Elementary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- Eagle Learning CenterHigh · 39 students
Other Clay High schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Clay High. Clay High School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Clay High SchoolPortsmouth, OH · 145 students
- CLAY HIGH SCHOOLGREEN COVE SPRINGS, FL · 1,776 students
Nearby schools
- Eisenhower Intermediate School2.3 mi · 494
- Eagle Learning Center2.6 mi · 39
- Starr Elementary School3.0 mi · 472
- Coy Elementary School3.0 mi · 349
- Fassett Junior High School3.3 mi · 473
- Birmingham Elementary School4.3 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About Clay High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Clay High School?
Clay High School enrolls approximately 1,107 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Clay High School serve?
Clay High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clay High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clay High School is approximately 16.0:1 (69 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Clay High School?
Clay High School reports a student body of 77% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Clay High School public or private?
Clay High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oregon City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.