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Ferguson Hall Freshman School
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 633 | 100% |
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Ohio average is about 56 of 100. Math scores are up about 4 points since 2021.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.7% |
| 2023-24 | 90.9% |
| 2022-23 | 86.0% |
| 2021-22 | 84.3% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 94% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 81% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Ohio's top 10%.
Schools most like Ferguson Hall Freshman School
Ferguson Hall Freshman School's state test result (94.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson Hall Freshman School this school | 633 | 21.8% | 94.4% |
| Bellbrook High School Bellbrook | 843 | 22.5% | 83.9% |
| Tallmadge High School Tallmadge | 805 | 27.8% | 73.2% |
| Canfield High School Canfield | 733 | 14.5% | 89.8% |
| Fairview High School Fairview Park | 484 | 23.3% | 77.7% |
| Westlake High School Westlake | 989 | 22.0% | 81.4% |
Where Ferguson Hall Freshman School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 94.4% | #4 of 403 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.7% | #15 of 776 ▼ 5 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 633 | #292 of 888 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #677 of 739 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.4% | #248 of 749 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.8% | #368 of 435 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.9% | #120 of 198 | N/A |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 633 | 28.2 | 22.4:1 | 22% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 27 | 20.2:1 | 21% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 612 | 28 | 21.9:1 | 13% (79) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 26 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 27.9 | 21.4:1 | 11% (67) |
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (598 to 633); teachers up 1% (27.9 to 28.2).
About Ferguson Hall Freshman School
Ferguson Hall Freshman School is a public high school in Beavercreek, Ohio. It enrolled 633 students in grade 9 for the 2024-25 school year.
A total of 11 schools make up Beavercreek City, with 8,099 students enrolled.
White students are the majority at Ferguson Hall Freshman School, with 79% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 6% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, about 82% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 36%, meaning two students picked at random have a 36% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 22.4:1. On average, high schools in Ohio have 17.7:1, compared with 22.4:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Ferguson Hall Freshman School is 22%.
Ferguson Hall Freshman School scores 13.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 94.4% actual versus 80.6% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Greene County residents, the median household income is $87,309, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Besides Ferguson Hall Freshman School, Greene County has 38 other public schools.
Nearby, Beavercreek High School is about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Ferguson Hall Freshman School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ferguson Hall Freshman School is 1st of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for Ferguson Hall Freshman School is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment is up 18% from 2020-21, when Ferguson Hall Freshman School had 536 students, to 2024-25, when it had 633. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 20.6:1 to 22.4:1.
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