Kirtland High School

Set in Kirtland, Ohio, Kirtland High School is a tight-knit high school, part of Kirtland Local. It works with 335 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 565.

Within Kirtland Local, which oversees 3 schools and 1,049 students, Kirtland High School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Kirtland High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the resource side, On paper, Kirtland High School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 9% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Lake County's rate of about 39%.

After controlling for student poverty, Kirtland High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 85.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 84.2%.

Zooming out to the county, Lake County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,925 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Lake County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,899 students), of which Kirtland High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kirtland Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kirtland High School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kirtland High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 70.2%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kirtland High School has declined 18%, going from 410 students in 2018 to 335 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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