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Huron High School
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat 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 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 80% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Huron High School
Huron High School is a cozy high school in Huron, Ohio, overseen by Huron City Schools. The school caters to 372 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 34% smaller than typical.
Huron City Schools comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,162 students; Huron High School is among them.
Looking at the student body, Huron High School shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, Huron High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 77.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 79.6%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Erie County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,993 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Erie County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,434 students), Huron High School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is McCormick Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Huron High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Huron High School at 2nd of 4; the average score across the group is 76.2%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 22%: 475 students in 2018 compared to 372 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Erie County at a glance
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- Woodlands Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- McCormick Middle SchoolMiddle · 267 students
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- Woodlands Elementary SchoolElementary · 523 students
- McCormick Middle SchoolMiddle · 267 students
- Huron Sports AcademyElementary · 22 students
- Shawnee ElementaryCombined
- McCormick Middle School0.3 mi · 267
- Woodlands Elementary School1.2 mi · 523
- Huron Sports Academy1.5 mi · 22
- Ehove Career Center5.7 mi · 731
- Meadowlawn Elementary School5.8 mi · 421
- Edison Middle School (formerly Berlin-Milan Middle School)6.4 mi · 525