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Kenton Ridge Middle/High School
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 31 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Kenton Ridge Middle/High School
As a well-populated 9-12 campus in Springfield, Ohio, Kenton Ridge Middle/High School teaches 1,025 students from grades 6 through 12, overseen by Northeastern Local. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 81% larger than typical.
Within Northeastern Local, which oversees 7 schools and 3,901 students, Kenton Ridge Middle/High School is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Kenton Ridge Middle/High School lists that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 7% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Clark County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.0:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Clark County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kenton Ridge Middle/High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.2%; this one delivers 58.0%.
In the broader community, Clark County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,132 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kenton Ridge Middle/High School is one of 44 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 20,515 students).
Kenton Ridge Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Kenton Ridge Middle/High School operates from a suburban location.
Looking at the recent track record. Kenton Ridge Middle/High School's enrollment has ticked up 73% since 2018, when it stood at 592 (now 1,025). White enrollment moved from 90% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 in 2025.
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