Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School

Set in Cadiz, Ohio, Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School is a mid-sized 9-12 campus, run under Harrison Hills City. It teaches 546 students across grades 7 through 12.

Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School is one of 2 schools operated by Harrison Hills City, a district that works with 1,319 students overall.

On demographics, Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 71.4%; this one comes in at 47.0%, -24.4 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Harrison County reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,414 per year, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harrison County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,485 students), of which Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School is one.

The closest other public school is Harrison Central Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 70.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harrison Central Jr./Sr. High School has ticked down 14%, going from 636 students in 2018 to 546 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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