Hardin Community School

Hardin Community School, a tiny high school in Kenton, Ohio, operated by Hardin Community School, works with 29 students, covering grades 6 through 12. That puts it 95% smaller than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.

Hardin Community School is a school of Hardin Community School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Hardin Community School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school reports 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 29.0:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hardin County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hardin Community School is in the bottom 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 55.0%; Hardin Community School posts 13.7%, -41.3 points below that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hardin County put median household earnings sit near $62,484, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hardin Community School is one of 14 public schools in Hardin County (combined enrollment of about 4,050 students).

Kenton Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hardin Community School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area. Hardin Community School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Hardin Community School's enrollment has decreased 22% since 2018, when it stood at 37 (now 29). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 8% to 0%.

On allk12, the feed for Hardin Community School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.