Lakota East High School

Lakota East High School is a substantial 9-12 campus in Liberty Township, Ohio, run under Lakota Local. The school enrolls 2,660 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 371% bigger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.

Lakota East High School is one of 25 schools operated by Lakota Local, a district that enrolls 18,806 students overall.

On demographics, Lakota East High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 11% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Butler County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 101 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.3:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 25% of students at Lakota East High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Butler County's rate of about 42%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lakota East High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 79.3%; this one delivers 75.9%.

In the broader community, Butler County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,590, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Butler County runs 90 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,107 students), of which Lakota East High School is one.

Liberty Junior School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lakota East High School. On composite proficiency, Lakota East High School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 81.2%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Lakota East High School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 2,597 (now 2,660). The White share of enrollment contracted from 74% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 26.3:1 in 2025.

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