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Enrollment
544
High
DISTRICT 617 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENTON CITY·NCES 391002501091
Kenton High School
200 Harding Ave, Kenton, OH 43326 · (419) 673-1286 · Hardin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
289 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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
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 Kenton City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
53.6%
OH avg 59.8% . -5.6pp since 2021
Math
38.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +9.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 69% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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
544
-1 (0%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.2:1
% White
89%
was 92%
% Hispanic
6%
was 4%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
2%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Kenton High School
Kenton High School is one of the middle-of-the-pack senior highs in Kenton, Ohio, overseen by Kenton City, with 544 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.
Across the 3 schools in Kenton City (1,851 students total), Kenton High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Kenton High School lists that nearly all students (89%) are White; the rest looks like 6% Hispanic, 2% Asian. Compared to Hardin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Kenton High School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hardin County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, Kenton High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 68.7%; this one comes in at 56.1%, -12.6 points off the demographic line.
Around the school, census data for Hardin County shows median household income runs about $62,484, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Kenton High School is one of 14 public schools in Hardin County (combined enrollment of about 4,050 students).
Nearest neighbor: Kenton Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Kenton High School. On composite proficiency, Kenton High School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.1%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 545 students in 2018 compared to 544 in 2025.
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Hardin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,475
Census ACS
Median income
$62,484
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
4,050 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenton City
- Kenton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,022 students
- Kenton Middle SchoolMiddle · 285 students
Other schools in Kenton
- Kenton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,022 students
- Kenton Middle SchoolMiddle · 285 students
- Hardin Community SchoolHigh · 29 students
Nearby schools
- Kenton Middle School0.2 mi · 285
- Kenton Elementary School0.7 mi · 1,022
- Hardin Community School0.8 mi · 29
- Ridgemont Elementary School9.0 mi · 204
- Ridgemont High School9.0 mi · 247
- Hardin Northern Elementary School9.4 mi · 211
Frequently asked questions
About Kenton High SchoolHow many students attend Kenton High School?
Kenton High School enrolls approximately 544 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Kenton High School serve?
Kenton High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kenton High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kenton High School is approximately 16.5:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Kenton High School?
Kenton High School reports a student body of 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Kenton High School public or private?
Kenton High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kenton City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.