Elyria High School

Set in Elyria, Ohio, Elyria High School is a heavily attended four-year high school, part of Elyria City Schools. It educates 1,540 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Elyria High School sits 173% bigger than that benchmark.

Elyria High School is one of 10 schools operated by Elyria City Schools, a district that caters to 5,702 students overall.

Demographically, Elyria High School logs that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 20% Black, 19% multiracial, 17% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Elyria High School logs 121 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, census data for Lorain County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,347 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Lorain County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,516 students), Elyria High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hamilton Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Elyria High School.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elyria High School has contracted 17%, going from 1,849 students in 2018 to 1,540 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 54% to 43%. Class-load math has fell: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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