Enrollment
221
High
DISTRICT 287 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DANVILLE LOCAL·NCES 390478303008
Danville High School
10 Rambo St, Danville, OH 43014 · (740) 599-6116 · Knox County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL221 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of Ohio public high schools
- B-Test 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.
- 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
10.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
108 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 48 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 51 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 13 | 6% |
| Grade 12 | 28 | 13% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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 Danville Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
69.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +12.1pp since 2021
Math
54.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +16.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 12 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.3% | 54.1% |
| 2023-24 | 58.3% | 43.4% |
| 2022-23 | 66.1% | 47.8% |
| 2021-22 | 57.2% | 38.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Danville High School
Danville High School's state test result (64.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danville High School this school | 221 | 48.9% | 64.1% |
| River High School Hannibal | 180 | 52.2% | 49.0% |
| Shenandoah High School Sarahsville | 240 | 51.3% | 58.3% |
| Waterloo High School Atwater | 203 | 47.8% | 66.0% |
| Newton High School Pleasant Hill | 291 | 49.1% | 76.5% |
| Lynchburg-Clay High School Lynchburg | 278 | 52.5% | 67.4% |
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 Danville High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Knox County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #293 of 403 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #318 of 776 ▲ 110 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #324 of 774 ▲ 172 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.1pp | #57 of 742 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 221 | #717 of 888 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #18 of 739 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.9% | #674 of 749 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.9% | #176 of 435 | 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
221
-15 (-6%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 338
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 221 | 22 | 10.1:1 | 49% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 245 | 19 | 12.9:1 | 49% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 242 | 20 | 12.1:1 | 44% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 236 | 19 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 165 | 15.9 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 179 | 16 | 11.2:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 198 | 18 | 11.0:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 19 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 338 | 21 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Danville High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 34% (165 to 221); teachers up 38% (15.9 to 22).
About Danville High School
Danville High School is the name of a very small high school in Danville, Ohio. The school has 221 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 12. High schools in Ohio have about 565 students on average; enrollment here is 61% lower.
Danville High School belongs to Danville Local, a district of 2 schools and 574 students.
The share of White students at Danville High School is 96%. In Knox County overall, the White share is about 94%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Danville High School scores 8%.
Classroom staffing at Danville High School totals 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.1:1. Statewide, high schools in Ohio average 17.7:1. Federal data show 49% of students (108) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Ohio public high schools, Danville High School outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Danville High School is 6.2 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 64.1% actual, 70.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Ohio.
Looking at the county, Knox County, the median household earns about $73,878 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Knox County has 20 public schools with about 7,439 students, including Danville High School.
Danville Elementary School is the nearest public school to Danville High School, about 0.1 miles away. Danville High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school shrank from 236 students in 2020-21 to 221 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.4:1 to 10.1:1.
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Knox County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
63,142
Census ACS
Median income
$73,878
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
7,439 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Danville High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Danville High. Danville High School is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Danville High SchoolDanville, IL · 1,253 students
- Danville High SchoolDanville, KY · 492 students
- Danville High SchoolDanville, AL · 374 students
- DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOLDANVILLE, AR · 252 students
Nearby schools
- Danville Elementary School0.1 mi · 353
- East Knox Junior/Senior High School4.5 mi · 369
- East Knox Elementary School4.5 mi · 514
- Wiggin Street Elementary School8.5 mi · 217
- East Elementary School11.7 mi · 238
- Pleasant Street Elementary School11.8 mi · 329
Frequently asked questions
About Danville High SchoolHow large is Danville High School?
Danville High School enrolls approximately 221 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Danville High School serve?
Danville High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Danville High School have?
Danville High School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
How diverse is Danville High School?
Danville High School reports a student body of 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Danville High School?
Danville High School is overseen by Danville Local in Knox County.
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