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Enrollment
441
High
DISTRICT 211 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARAWAY LOCAL·NCES 390502703893
Garaway High School
146 Dover Rd NW, Sugarcreek, OH 44681 · (330) 852-2422 · Tuscarawas County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL441 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 86% of Ohio public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
16.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
127 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 43%
Community
1
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 7 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 62 | 14% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 Garaway Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
78.9%
OH avg 59.8% . +10.3pp since 2021
Math
73.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +13.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.9% | 73.7% |
| 2023-24 | 74.3% | 78.9% |
| 2022-23 | 71.4% | 71.3% |
| 2021-22 | 68.6% | 60.0% |
% 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
78.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Garaway High School
Garaway High School's state test result (78.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garaway High School this school | 441 | 28.8% | 78.5% |
| Oak Harbor High School Oak Harbor | 669 | 29.1% | 80.9% |
| Huron High School Huron | 372 | 28.8% | 79.6% |
| Berkshire High School Burton | 437 | 30.0% | 67.6% |
| Benjamin Logan High School Bellefontaine | 508 | 32.3% | 70.5% |
| Wheelersburg High School Wheelersburg | 457 | 28.4% | 71.9% |
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 Garaway High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Tuscarawas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #103 of 403 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #96 of 776 ▼ 49 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.9% | #144 of 774 ▲ 81 | #1 of 9 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #86 of 742 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 441 | #428 of 888 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #366 of 739 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.9% | #489 of 749 | #4 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.8% | #330 of 435 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #177 of 484 | #2 of 8 |
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
441
-71 (-14%) vs 2020
+52% since 1990-91, when it was 291
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 441 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 29% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 26% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | N/A | N/A | 24% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 512 | 27 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 30.5 | 17.0:1 | 30% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 25% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 32 | 16.1:1 | 28% (142) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 34 | 17.0:1 | 10% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 291 | 18 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garaway High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (519 to 441); teachers down 12% (30.5 to 27).
About Garaway High School
Garaway High School is a low-enrollment high school with its address in Sugarcreek, Ohio. The school enrolls 441 students in grades 7 through 12. High schools in Ohio average about 565 students, which makes this school 22% below average.
Garaway Local operates 5 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,055 students.
Roughly 91% of students at Garaway High School are White. Smaller groups are 7% Hispanic. Tuscarawas County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Garaway High School is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. The average for high schools in Ohio is 17.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 127 students, or 29%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Tuscarawas County is 40%.
On the allk12 Grade, Garaway High School lands at A, ahead of 86% of Ohio public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Garaway High School would score about 77.9%. It scores 78.5%, within a point of that figure.
In the surrounding county, Tuscarawas County, the median household earns about $65,044 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Garaway High School, Tuscarawas County has 44 public schools.
Garaway High School's nearest public school is Miller Avenue Elementary School (about 0.6 miles). In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of Garaway High School. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Garaway High School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Garaway High School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, Garaway High School enrolled 512 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 441. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.3:1.
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Tuscarawas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,385
Census ACS
Median income
$65,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
15,660 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garaway Local
- Miller Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 175 students
- Dundee Elementary SchoolElementary · 155 students
- Ragersville Elementary SchoolElementary · 145 students
- Baltic Elementary SchoolElementary · 139 students
Other schools in Sugarcreek
- Miller Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 175 students
- Ragersville Elementary SchoolElementary · 145 students
Nearby schools
- Miller Avenue Elementary School0.6 mi · 175
- Ragersville Elementary School4.1 mi · 145
- Walnut Creek Elementary School4.8 mi · 142
- Dundee Elementary School5.6 mi · 155
- Baltic Elementary School5.7 mi · 139
- Chestnut Ridge Elementary School6.4 mi · 217
Frequently asked questions
About Garaway High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Garaway High School?
Garaway High School enrolls approximately 441 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Garaway High School serve?
Garaway High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Garaway High School have?
Garaway High School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Garaway High School?
At Garaway High School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Garaway High School public or private?
Garaway High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garaway Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.