Eaton High School

Located at 600 Hillcrest Dr, in Eaton, Ohio, Eaton High School is a mid-tier secondary school that educates 546 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Eaton Community City.

Across the 4 schools in Eaton Community City (1,805 students total), Eaton High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Eaton High School shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Eaton High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Preble County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eaton High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.3%; this one delivers 71.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Preble County) reports that median household earnings sit near $69,223, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Preble County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,537 students), Eaton High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Eaton Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Eaton High School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eaton High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 67.9%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eaton High School has changed only slightly, going from 544 students in 2018 to 546 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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