Enrollment
273
High
DISTRICT 271 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND VALLEY LOCAL·NCES 390458602367
Grand Valley High School
111 Grand Valley Ave West, Orwell, OH 44076 · (440) 805-4545 · Ashtabula County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Ohio public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
14.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
157 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 9 | 86 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 73 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 58 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 56 | 21% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · 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 Grand Valley Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
64.1%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.1pp since 2021
Math
55.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +32.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 64 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 32 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.1% | 55.5% |
| 2023-24 | 59.2% | 23.3% |
| 2022-23 | 66.2% | 27.1% |
| 2021-22 | 62.0% | 23.4% |
% 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
57.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Grand Valley High School
Grand Valley High School's state test result (57.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Valley High School this school | 273 | 57.5% | 57.9% |
| Monroe Central High School Woodsfield | 246 | 56.1% | 50.9% |
| Buckeye Trail High School Lore City | 287 | 59.2% | 56.3% |
| Ridgedale Jr/Sr High School Morral | 315 | 55.2% | 52.9% |
| Lynchburg-Clay High School Lynchburg | 278 | 52.5% | 67.4% |
| Arlington Local High School Arlington | 249 | 62.2% | 75.2% |
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 Grand Valley High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Ashtabula County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.9% | #349 of 403 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #301 of 776 ▲ 302 | #2 of 7 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #407 of 774 ▲ 76 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.1pp | #25 of 742 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #644 of 888 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #223 of 739 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.6% | #630 of 749 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #114 of 435 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #112 of 484 | N/A |
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
273
-66 (-19%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 355
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 273 | 18.7 | 14.6:1 | 58% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 21.7 | 12.6:1 | 57% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 286 | 23.7 | 12.1:1 | 41% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 21 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 338 | 19.5 | 17.3:1 | 49% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 371 | 20 | 18.6:1 | 50% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 21 | 17.5:1 | 99% (365) |
| 2000-01 | 416 | 20 | 20.8:1 | 16% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 355 | 18 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Valley High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (338 to 273); teachers down 4% (19.5 to 18.7).
About Grand Valley High School
Grand Valley High School is a small high school with an address in Orwell, Ohio. It enrolled 273 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, high schools in Ohio average about 565 students each.
Grand Valley High School is in Grand Valley Local, a district with 814 students across 3 schools.
Most students at Grand Valley High School are White: 95% of enrollment. Other groups include 3% multiracial. By the diversity index, Grand Valley High School comes in at 11%.
The teaching staff at Grand Valley High School is 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.6:1. That ratio is under the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 58%. Across public schools in Ashtabula County, the average is about the same, 56%.
Measured against Ohio public high schools, Grand Valley High School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Grand Valley High School is -9.2 points: 57.9% actual, 67.1% predicted.
Within Ashtabula County, median household income is about $57,728, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Ashtabula County number 34 and enroll about 12,023.
Grand Valley Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Grand Valley High School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 339 in 2020-21 and 273 in 2024-25, a decrease of 66 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.6:1) than in 2020-21 (16.1:1).
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Ashtabula County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
97,167
Census ACS
Median income
$57,728
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
12,023 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Grand Valley Local
- Grand Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Grand Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 172 students
Other schools in Orwell
- Grand Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Grand Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 172 students
Other Grand Valley High schools
One other US public school is named Grand Valley High. Grand Valley High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Grand Valley High SchoolPARACHUTE, CO · 293 students
Nearby schools
- Grand Valley Middle School0.0 mi · 172
- Grand Valley Elementary School0.0 mi · 369
- Bloomfield High School5.6 mi · 83
- Mesopotamia Elementary School7.5 mi · 115
- Rock Creek Elementary School8.3 mi · 313
- Bristol High School11.0 mi · 186
Frequently asked questions
About Grand Valley High SchoolHow many students attend Grand Valley High School?
Grand Valley High School enrolls approximately 273 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Grand Valley High School serve?
Grand Valley High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Grand Valley High School have?
Grand Valley High School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Grand Valley High School?
At Grand Valley High School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Grand Valley High School in?
Grand Valley High School is part of Grand Valley Local.
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