Lima Senior High School

Set in Lima, Ohio, Lima Senior High School is a sizable high school, operated by Lima City. It instructs 1,004 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Lima Senior High School sits 78% larger than that benchmark.

Lima City comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 3,370 students; Lima Senior High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Lima Senior High School shows that 37% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 35% White, 20% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 10% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Lima Senior High School has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Lima Senior High School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, census data for Allen County shows median household earnings sit near $64,038, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Allen County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,579 students), Lima Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

Heir Force Community School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lima Senior High School.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lima Senior High School has fell 4%, going from 1,048 students in 2018 to 1,004 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 49% to 37% across the same window.

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