Defiance High School

Set in Defiance, Ohio, Defiance High School is an average-sized senior high, run under Defiance City. It serves 697 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Defiance High School sits 23% larger than that benchmark.

Defiance City runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 2,344 students. Defiance High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Defiance High School shows that White students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Defiance County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

In the broader community, Defiance County reports that median household income runs about $73,064, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Defiance High School is one of 14 public schools in Defiance County (combined enrollment of about 5,682 students).

Defiance Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Defiance High School.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Defiance High School has fell 5%, going from 734 students in 2018 to 697 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 21% to 26% over that span.

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