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Enrollment
380
High
DISTRICT 492 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLDWATER EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390453102171
Coldwater High School
310 N 2nd St, Coldwater, OH 45828 · (419) 678-4821 · Mercer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL380 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
14.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
259 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 115 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 86 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 87 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 92 | 24% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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 Coldwater Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
74.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.9pp since 2021
Math
78.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.2pp 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 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.4% | 78.3% |
| 2023-24 | 80.7% | 80.6% |
| 2022-23 | 71.1% | 75.6% |
| 2021-22 | 77.3% | 76.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
82.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Ohio's top 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 Coldwater High School
Coldwater High School's state test result (82.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coldwater High School this school | 380 | 68.2% | 82.5% |
| Brookville High School Brookville | 425 | 66.6% | 76.8% |
| Edison High School Richmond | 368 | 70.1% | 67.3% |
| Mohawk High School Sycamore | 356 | 69.9% | 70.0% |
| Centerburg High School Centerburg | 299 | 67.6% | 75.2% |
| Clear Fork High School Bellville | 412 | 73.1% | 65.8% |
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 Coldwater High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #64 of 403 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #62 of 776 ▼ 18 | #4 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #223 of 774 ▼ 94 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #193 of 742 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #505 of 888 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #248 of 739 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.6% | #629 of 749 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #84 of 435 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #121 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
380
-40 (-10%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 380 | 25.5 | 14.9:1 | 68% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 23 | 16.7:1 | 65% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 24 | 17.1:1 | 50% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 24 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 467 | 27.4 | 17.1:1 | 48% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 27 | 18.0:1 | 46% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 499 | 28 | 17.8:1 | 51% (256) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 26 | 22.1:1 | 24% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 35 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Coldwater High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (467 to 380); teachers down 7% (27.4 to 25.5).
About Coldwater High School
Coldwater High School is a small high school with an address in Coldwater, Ohio. The school enrolls 380 students in grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in Ohio enroll around 565, and this school is 33% below that mark.
Federal data list 3 schools in Coldwater Exempted Village, with 1,476 students enrolled.
White students account for 94% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 3% Hispanic and 2% Pacific Islander. Among Mercer County residents, the White share is about 95%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.
Coldwater High School has 25.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. Across high schools in Ohio, the average ratio is 17.7:1. The school has 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Mercer County is 31 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Coldwater High School lands at A, ahead of 93% of Ohio public high schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Coldwater High School is among the top 10% of schools in Ohio. Predicted: 63.1%. Actual: 82.5%.
In Mercer County, home to about 42,484 people, the median household earns about $76,782 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Coldwater High School shares Mercer County with 21 other public schools.
Coldwater Elementary School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Coldwater High School. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Coldwater High School ranks 3rd in a group of 4 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Coldwater High School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Coldwater High School had a net loss of 40 students, or 10%. The school's ratio dropped from 17.5:1 to 14.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,484
Census ACS
Median income
$76,782
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
9,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coldwater Exempted Village
- Coldwater Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Coldwater Middle SchoolMiddle · 429 students
Other schools in Coldwater
- Coldwater Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Coldwater Middle SchoolMiddle · 429 students
Other Coldwater High schools
One other US public school is named Coldwater High. Coldwater High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Coldwater High SchoolCOLDWATER, MI · 981 students
Nearby schools
- Coldwater Elementary School0.0 mi · 667
- Coldwater Middle School0.0 mi · 429
- St Henry High School4.6 mi · 296
- St Henry Middle School4.6 mi · 300
- St Henry Elementary School4.6 mi · 489
- Celina Elementary School4.9 mi · 1,224
Frequently asked questions
About Coldwater High SchoolHow many students attend Coldwater High School?
Coldwater High School enrolls approximately 380 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Coldwater High School serve?
Coldwater High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Coldwater High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Coldwater High School is approximately 14.9:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Coldwater High School?
Coldwater High School reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian.
Is Coldwater High School public or private?
Coldwater High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Coldwater Exempted Village.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.