Elida High School

Elida High School operates as a reasonably sized secondary school in Elida, Ohio, run under Elida Local. Current enrollment sits at 546 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

Across the 3 schools in Elida Local (2,016 students total), Elida High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Elida High School logs that 67% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Elida High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.8%; this one delivers 75.7%.

Around the school, Allen County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,038, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Allen County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,579 students), of which Elida High School is one.

Elida Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elida High School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 71.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elida High School has shrank 20%, going from 685 students in 2018 to 546 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 73% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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