Lakota Central
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Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 13 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 44 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 57 | 35% |
| Grade 12 | 50 | 30% |
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 1 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 8.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 7.9% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 22.4% |
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 164 | 7.3 | 22.3:1 | 69% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 211 | 11 | 19.2:1 | 46% (98) |
| 2022-23 | 222 | 11.5 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
About Lakota Central
Lakota Central runs as a very small high school in West Chester, Ohio. The school counted 164 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. That is 71% below the average of about 565 students for high schools in Ohio.
Lakota Local, which runs Lakota Central, has 22 schools and 17,853 students.
The largest group at Lakota Central is White students, at 64%. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Butler County residents are about 76% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lakota Central scores 56%.
The school had 7.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 22.3:1. The gap from the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio is 4.6 students per teacher. The school reported 69% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The 42% average for public schools in Butler County is 27 points lower.
In Butler County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $81,590, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 90 public schools in the county, enrolling about 59,107, Lakota Central among them.
Of the public schools around it, Lakota Central is closest to Creekside Early Childhood School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
NCES assigns Lakota Central the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Lakota Central is listed as a virtual school by the National Center for Education Statistics.
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