Enrollment
326
High
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARDIN-HOUSTON LOCAL·NCES 390497903695
Houston High School
5300 Houston Rd, Houston, OH 45333 · (937) 295-3010 · Shelby County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
266 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Hardin-Houston Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
74.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +4.6pp since 2021
Math
78.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +19.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Ohio's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
326
-61 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 18.0:1
% White
94%
was 94%
% Hispanic
2%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Houston High School
Houston High School is a high school of close-knit scale in Houston, Ohio, overseen by Hardin-Houston Local, caters to 326 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 42% smaller than the state mean of about 565.
Hardin-Houston Local comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 720 students; Houston High School is among them.
In terms of who attends, Houston High School lists that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Houston High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Shelby County (around 52%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
With demographic context factored in, Houston High School ranks in the top 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 58.0%; Houston High School posts 75.4%, +17.4 points above that line.
In the surrounding community, census data for Shelby County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,978 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Shelby County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,812 students), of which Houston High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Hardin Houston Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Houston High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 91.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Houston High School's enrollment has decreased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 387 (now 326). Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the Houston High School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,929
Census ACS
Median income
$73,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
7,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hardin-Houston Local
- Hardin Houston Elementary SchoolElementary · 394 students
Nearby schools
- Hardin Houston Elementary School0.0 mi · 394
- Russia Elementary School4.2 mi · 226
- Russia High School4.2 mi · 218
- Fort Loramie Junior-Senior High School7.0 mi · 319
- Washington Primary Elementary School7.1 mi · 508
- Fort Loramie Elementary School7.6 mi · 403
Frequently asked questions
About Houston High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Houston High School?
Houston High School enrolls approximately 326 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Houston High School serve?
Houston High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Houston High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Houston High School is approximately 14.8:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Houston High School?
At Houston High School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Houston High School public or private?
Houston High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hardin-Houston Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.