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Enrollment
1,025
High
DISTRICT 754 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHEASTERN LOCAL·NCES 390462502488
Kenton Ridge Middle/High School
2250 Montego Dr, Springfield, OH 45503 · (937) 390-1274 · Clark County
GRADES 06–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,025 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
913 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 6 | 176 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 161 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 170 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 146 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 107 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 122 | 12% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
59.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.1pp since 2021
Math
49.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +30.7pp since 2021
What 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.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.4% | 49.8% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 49.3% |
| 2022-23 | 58.9% | 25.8% |
| 2021-22 | 61.5% | 19.1% |
% 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
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 Kenton Ridge Middle/High School
Kenton Ridge Middle/High School's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenton Ridge Middle/High School this school | 1,025 | 89.1% | 58.0% |
| Sidney High School Sidney | 791 | 77.6% | 51.2% |
| Ada High School Ada | 404 | 93.1% | 74.0% |
| Van Wert High School Van Wert | 509 | 85.1% | 54.0% |
| Beaver Local High School East Liverpool | 547 | 99.5% | 71.9% |
| Madison High School Middletown | 438 | 80.6% | 60.5% |
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 Kenton Ridge Middle/High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #347 of 403 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #392 of 776 ▼ 35 | #3 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #481 of 774 ▼ 29 | #4 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.3pp | #54 of 742 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,025 | #134 of 888 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #551 of 739 | #7 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.9% | #328 of 749 | #7 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #52 of 435 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +73.1% | #6 of 198 | 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
1,025
+483 (+89%) vs 2020
+93% since 1990-91, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 8.2:1
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 | 1,025 | 53.9 | 19.0:1 | 89% (913) |
| 2023-24 | 844 | 53.9 | 15.7:1 | 100% (841) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 33.2 | 16.6:1 | 20% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 542 | 66 | 8.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 592 | 34.6 | 17.1:1 | 19% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 35 | 17.4:1 | 20% (120) |
| 2010-11 | 706 | 41 | 17.2:1 | 19% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 38 | 15.4:1 | 2% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 532 | 32 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kenton Ridge Middle/High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 73% (592 to 1,025); teachers up 56% (34.6 to 53.9).
About Kenton Ridge Middle/High School
This page covers Kenton Ridge Middle/High School, a large high school in Springfield, Ohio. The school serves grades 6 through 12. Enrollment is 1,025 students. By comparison, high schools in Ohio enroll about 565 students on average.
Kenton Ridge Middle/High School is one of 4 schools in Northeastern Local, which enrolls 2,961 students in total.
A large majority of enrollment at Kenton Ridge Middle/High School is White, at 84%. The rest of enrollment is 7% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Hispanic. Among Clark County residents, the White share is about 82%. The diversity index for Kenton Ridge Middle/High School is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Kenton Ridge Middle/High School has 53.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.0:1. The school's 19.0:1 compares with an average of 17.7:1 for high schools in Ohio. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 89%. The rate at public schools in Clark County averages 56%, lower than here.
Test results at Kenton Ridge Middle/High School are 2.9 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (58.0% actual, 55.2% predicted).
Census data for Clark County show median household income comes to about $63,132, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 44 public schools and about 20,515 students.
The closest school to Kenton Ridge Middle/High School is Kenton Ridge Elementary, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Kenton Ridge Middle/High School.
Under the NCES locale system, Kenton Ridge Middle/High School is Suburb: Small.
Federal counts for Kenton Ridge Middle/High School: 542 students in 2020-21, 1,025 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. The ratio was 8.2:1 in 2020-21 and 19.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Clark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
135,158
Census ACS
Median income
$63,132
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
20,515 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northeastern Local
- Kenton Ridge ElementaryElementary · 984 students
- Northeastern Middle/High SchoolHigh · 482 students
- Northeastern Elementary SchoolElementary · 470 students
- Northridge Middle SchoolCombined
- Rolling Hills Elementary SchoolCombined
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Kenton Ridge ElementaryElementary · 984 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 983 students
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
- Northwestern Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 731 students
- Global Impact STEM AcademyHigh · 697 students
Nearby schools
- Kenton Ridge Elementary0.0 mi · 984
- Kenton Elementary School2.9 mi · 485
- Roosevelt Middle School3.0 mi · 413
- Springfield High School3.2 mi · 1,606
- Lagonda Elementary School3.7 mi · 362
- Warder Park-Wayne Elementary School3.8 mi · 425
Frequently asked questions
About Kenton Ridge Middle/High SchoolHow many students attend Kenton Ridge Middle/High School?
Kenton Ridge Middle/High School enrolls approximately 1,025 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Kenton Ridge Middle/High School serve?
Kenton Ridge Middle/High School serves grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Kenton Ridge Middle/High School?
Approximately 19.0:1 students per teacher at Kenton Ridge Middle/High School.
How diverse is Kenton Ridge Middle/High School?
Kenton Ridge Middle/High School reports a student body of 84% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Kenton Ridge Middle/High School?
Kenton Ridge Middle/High School is overseen by Northeastern Local in Clark County.
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