James A Garfield High School

James A Garfield High School, a compact high school in Garrettsville, Ohio, part of James A Garfield Local, caters to 362 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so James A Garfield High School sits 36% smaller than that benchmark.

Within James A Garfield Local, which oversees 3 schools and 1,185 students, James A Garfield High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, James A Garfield High School lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. By comparison, Portage County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, James A Garfield High School lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages about 17.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 57% of students at James A Garfield High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Portage County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, James A Garfield High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.2%, the actual is 73.5%, a residual of +6.2 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Portage County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,766 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. James A Garfield High School is one of 48 public schools in Portage County (combined enrollment of about 19,638 students).

James A Garfield Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts James A Garfield High School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 66.0%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 425 students in 2018 compared to 362 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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