Enrollment
319
High
DISTRICT 374 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMWOOD LOCAL·NCES 390506804027
Elmwood High School
7650 Jerry City Rd, Bloomdale, OH 44817 · (419) 655-2583 · Wood County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL319 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
12.9:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
316 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 9 | 108 | 34% |
| Grade 10 | 88 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 70 | 22% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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 Elmwood Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
66.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +5.2pp since 2021
Math
51.1%
OH avg 56.1% . -9.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 51.1% |
| 2023-24 | 70.5% | 47.2% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 64.3% |
| 2021-22 | 60.8% | 60.5% |
% 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
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Elmwood High School
Elmwood High School's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmwood High School this school | 319 | 99.1% | 61.2% |
| Crestview High School Convoy | 249 | 98.8% | 77.8% |
| Hilltop High School West Unity | 207 | 98.6% | 67.4% |
| Delaware Area Career Center South Campus Delaware | 315 | 99.0% | N/A |
| Arcadia High School Arcadia | 192 | 98.4% | 72.7% |
| Parkway High School Rockford | 306 | 99.0% | 73.3% |
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 Elmwood High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Wood County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #321 of 403 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #369 of 776 ▲ 10 | #5 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #387 of 774 ▼ 89 | #6 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #139 of 742 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 319 | #588 of 888 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #102 of 739 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.2% | #425 of 749 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #12 of 435 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #471 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
319
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 319 | 24.8 | 12.9:1 | 99% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 23.8 | 13.5:1 | 99% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 23.8 | 13.8:1 | 95% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 329 | 23 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 322 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 99% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 315 | 21 | 15.0:1 | 99% (312) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 99% (357) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | 21 | 19.8:1 | 12% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 25 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elmwood High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (322 to 319); teachers up 8% (23 to 24.8).
About Elmwood High School
Elmwood High School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in Bloomdale, Ohio. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 319 students. High schools in Ohio average about 565 students, which makes this school 44% below average.
Elmwood Local has 1,123 students in 3 schools, and Elmwood High School is one of those schools.
The share of White students at Elmwood High School is 89%. Other groups make up 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Wood County overall, the White share is about 87%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Elmwood High School scores 20%.
For every teacher at Elmwood High School, there are about 12.9 students; the school has 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 99%. Compared with the 35% average for public schools in Wood County, the school's rate is higher.
Elmwood High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 64% of Ohio public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Elmwood High School is 9.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Ohio schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Wood County show that the median household earns about $74,216 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Wood County has 38 public schools with about 19,968 students, including Elmwood High School.
Measured in a straight line, Elmwood Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile from Elmwood High School. Within five miles are 2 other public schools.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 329 (2020-21) to 319 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.3:1 to 12.9:1.
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Wood County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
132,064
Census ACS
Median income
$74,216
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
19,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Elmwood Local
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 478 students
- Elmwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 326 students
Other schools in Bloomdale
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 478 students
- Elmwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 326 students
Other Elmwood High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Elmwood High. Elmwood High School is the largest of the 3.
- Elmwood High SchoolElmwood, IL · 208 students
- Elmwood HighElmwood, WI · 90 students
Nearby schools
- Elmwood Elementary School0.0 mi · 478
- Elmwood Middle School0.0 mi · 326
- North Baltimore Middle School7.6 mi · 96
- North Baltimore High School7.6 mi · 147
- E A Powell Elementary School8.0 mi · 370
- Fostoria Elementary School8.5 mi · 1,050
Frequently asked questions
About Elmwood High SchoolHow many students attend Elmwood High School?
Elmwood High School enrolls approximately 319 students in grades 09-12.
Is Elmwood High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elmwood High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Elmwood High School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Elmwood High School.
How diverse is Elmwood High School?
Elmwood High School reports a student body of 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Elmwood High School?
Elmwood High School is overseen by Elmwood Local in Wood County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.