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Findlay High School
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 up about 3 points.
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Findlay High School
Located at 1200 Broad Ave, in Findlay, Ohio, Findlay High School is a well-populated senior high that works with 1,592 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Findlay City. Enrollment runs roughly 182% bigger than the state mean of about 565.
Across the 11 schools in Findlay City (5,694 students total), Findlay High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Findlay High School records that White students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school shows 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Findlay High School has 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 36% of students at Findlay High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hancock County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Findlay High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 75.2%; this one delivers 67.2%.
Around the school, Hancock County reports that median household earnings sit near $73,141, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Findlay High School is one of 37 public schools in Hancock County (combined enrollment of about 11,975 students).
Millstream Career Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Findlay High School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Findlay High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 64.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Findlay High School's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 1,834 (now 1,592). Over the same period, the White share declined from 84% to 74%.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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