Lake High School

Lake High School is one of the close-knit unified-grade schools in Millbury, Ohio, part of Lake Local, with 444 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 712 students per school, that is 38% below typical.

Lake Local runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 4,870 students. Lake High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Lake High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the income-and-resources front, Lake High School logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 25.8:1, putting Lake High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 89% of students at Lake High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Wood County's rate of about 35%.

With demographic context factored in, Lake High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.2%, the actual is 59.9%, a residual of +4.7 points.

Around the school, Wood County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,216, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wood County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,968 students), Lake High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lake Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lake High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 69.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lake High School has declined 18%, going from 544 students in 2018 to 444 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 85% to 79%.

On this page, members of the Lake High School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.