Fort Recovery High School

Fort Recovery High School is a senior high of intimate scale in Fort Recovery, Ohio, overseen by Fort Recovery Local, teacheing 294 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 48% leaner than typical.

Fort Recovery Local runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 997 students. Fort Recovery High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Fort Recovery High School reports that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Fort Recovery High School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.4:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Mercer County's rate of about 37%.

With demographic context factored in, Fort Recovery High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 83.5%, the actual is 89.7%, a residual of +6.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Mercer County put median household income runs about $76,782, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Mercer County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,242 students), of which Fort Recovery High School is one.

Fort Recovery Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Fort Recovery High School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 87.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Fort Recovery High School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 290 (now 294).

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.