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Enrollment
970
High
DISTRICT 728 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENSTON LOCAL·NCES 390471902796
Kenston High School
9500 Bainbridge Rd, Chagrin Falls, OH 44023 · (440) 543-9821 · Geauga County
GRADES 08–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL970 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Ohio public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
123 students
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 196 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 190 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 197 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 201 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 186 | 19% |
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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 Kenston Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
85.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -9.5pp since 2021
Math
81.7%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.3% | 81.7% |
| 2023-24 | 87.6% | 81.3% |
| 2022-23 | 88.8% | 77.7% |
| 2021-22 | 94.8% | 83.2% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
86.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kenston High School
Kenston High School's state test result (86.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenston High School this school | 970 | 12.7% | 86.4% |
| Avon Lake High School Avon Lake | 1,054 | 15.4% | 83.3% |
| Granville High School Granville | 845 | 12.9% | 90.2% |
| Highland High School Medina | 989 | 10.9% | 87.7% |
| Turpin High School Cincinnati | 991 | 11.8% | 83.7% |
| West Geauga High School Chesterland | 641 | 14.8% | 93.5% |
Matched among Ohio high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kenston High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Geauga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.4% | #35 of 403 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #47 of 776 ▼ 6 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.3% | #67 of 774 ▼ 16 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #65 of 742 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 970 | #150 of 888 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #543 of 739 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.1% | #377 of 749 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.7% | #410 of 435 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #478 of 484 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
970
+80 (+9%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 711
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 970 | 51.5 | 18.8:1 | 13% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 789 | 54 | 14.6:1 | 10% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 790 | 60 | 13.2:1 | 7% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 890 | 63 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 975 | 64.4 | 15.2:1 | 12% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 978 | 66 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 1,056 | 64 | 16.5:1 | 13% (136) |
| 2000-01 | 911 | 64 | 14.2:1 | 4% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 711 | 44 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kenston High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (975 to 970); teachers down 20% (64.4 to 51.5).
About Kenston High School
Kenston High School is a high-enrollment high school serving families in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. The school had 970 students in grades 8 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in Ohio is about 565, so this school runs 72% above that.
Federal data list 4 schools in Kenston Local, with 2,912 students enrolled.
White students make up 87% of enrollment at Kenston High School. The next largest groups are 4% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 51.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.8:1. On average, high schools in Ohio have 17.7:1, compared with 18.8:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 13% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Kenston High School is A-. Compared with Ohio public high schools, the school scored higher than 80% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Kenston High School falls in the middle 80% of Ohio schools: 86.4% actual against 84.0% predicted.
Within Geauga County, the median household income is $107,860, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. In all, Geauga County has 23 public schools and roughly 9,939 students.
The school nearest to Kenston High School is Kenston Intermediate School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Kenston High School places 7th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over 4 years, Kenston High School's enrollment grew 9%, to 970. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.1:1 in 2020-21 to 18.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Geauga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,481
Census ACS
Median income
$107,860
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
9,939 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenston Local
- Timmons Elementary SchoolElementary · 782 students
- Kenston Middle SchoolMiddle · 772 students
- Kenston Intermediate SchoolElementary · 388 students
Other schools in Chagrin Falls
- Timmons Elementary SchoolElementary · 782 students
- Kenston Middle SchoolMiddle · 772 students
- Chagrin Falls High SchoolHigh · 575 students
- Gurney Elementary SchoolElementary · 478 students
- Chagrin Falls Intermediate Elementary SchoolMiddle · 388 students
- Kenston Intermediate SchoolElementary · 388 students
Nearby schools
- Kenston Intermediate School0.1 mi · 388
- Kenston Middle School0.2 mi · 772
- Timmons Elementary School0.3 mi · 782
- Gurney Elementary School3.3 mi · 478
- Chagrin Falls Middle School4.5 mi · 224
- Chagrin Falls High School4.5 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About Kenston High SchoolHow many students attend Kenston High School?
Kenston High School enrolls approximately 970 students in grades 08-12.
What grades does Kenston High School serve?
Kenston High School serves grades 08-12.
How many teachers does Kenston High School have?
Kenston High School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Kenston High School?
Student demographics at Kenston High School are roughly 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Kenston High School public or private?
Kenston High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kenston Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.