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Enrollment
1,203
High
DISTRICT 674 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOVELAND CITY·NCES 390442701207
Loveland High School
1 Tiger Trl, Loveland, OH 45140 · (513) 683-1920 · Hamilton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,203 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Ohio public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
244 students
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 290 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 292 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 306 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 315 | 26% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Loveland City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
80.6%
OH avg 59.8% . -5.1pp since 2021
Math
79.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +10.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.6% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 67.5% |
| 2022-23 | 87.0% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 85.7% | 68.1% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
84.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
81.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 81% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Loveland High School
Loveland High School's state test result (84.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loveland High School this school | 1,203 | 20.3% | 84.3% |
| Olmsted Falls High School Olmsted Falls | 1,228 | 20.1% | 80.1% |
| Anderson High School Cincinnati | 1,166 | 19.8% | 80.1% |
| Big Walnut High School Sunbury | 1,299 | 18.4% | 73.3% |
| Little Miami High School Morrow | 1,603 | 20.3% | 74.2% |
| Bellbrook High School Bellbrook | 843 | 22.5% | 83.9% |
Matched among Ohio high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Loveland High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #52 of 403 | #5 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #57 of 776 ▲ 75 | #3 of 36 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #115 of 774 ▼ 94 | #8 of 36 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.9pp | #412 of 742 | #24 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,203 | #106 of 888 | #11 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #648 of 739 | #30 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.1% | #362 of 749 | #32 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.3% | #376 of 435 | #12 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #150 of 484 | #5 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,203
-178 (-13%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 728
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 19.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,203 | 57.2 | 21.1:1 | 20% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 1,270 | 65 | 19.5:1 | 11% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 1,309 | 63.4 | 20.6:1 | 9% (118) |
| 2020-21 | 1,381 | 70 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,443 | 79.3 | 18.2:1 | 11% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 1,418 | 72 | 19.7:1 | 12% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 1,338 | 74 | 18.1:1 | 13% (176) |
| 2000-01 | 1,121 | 69 | 16.3:1 | 3% (37) |
| 1990-91 | 728 | 40 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loveland High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,443 to 1,203); teachers down 28% (79.3 to 57.2).
About Loveland High School
A high-enrollment high school in Loveland, Ohio, Loveland High School is part of Loveland City. The school's 1,203 students are in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 113% higher than the average for high schools in Ohio, which is about 565.
Loveland City has 6 schools; together they serve 4,041 students.
At Loveland High School, White students make up 87% of the student body. Other students are 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. By comparison, Hamilton County residents are about 63% White. Loveland High School has a diversity index of 24%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 57.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 21.1 students per teacher. The 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio is lower than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 20%. The 34% average for public schools in Hamilton County is 14 points higher.
Loveland High School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Ohio public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Ohio with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 81.1%. Loveland High School scores 84.3%.
Census estimates describe Hamilton County this way: median household income is about $72,470, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 212 public schools in Hamilton County, with a combined enrollment of about 111,403.
The closest public school, Loveland Primary School, is about 1.1 miles from Loveland High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Loveland High School ranks 3rd of 7 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Loveland High School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 1,381 in 2020-21 and 1,203 in 2024-25, a decrease of 178 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 21.1:1.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,774
Census ACS
Median income
$72,470
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
212
111,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Loveland City
- Loveland Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Loveland Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Loveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Loveland Primary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Loveland Early Childhood CenterElementary · 359 students
Other schools in Loveland
- Symmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Loveland Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Loveland Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Loveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Loveland Primary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- McCormick Elementary SchoolElementary · 587 students
Other Loveland High schools
One other US public school is named Loveland High. Loveland High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Loveland High SchoolLOVELAND, CO · 1,354 students
Nearby schools
- Loveland Primary School1.1 mi · 595
- Loveland Elementary School1.1 mi · 617
- Loveland Intermediate School1.2 mi · 643
- Loveland Middle School1.3 mi · 624
- Symmes Elementary School1.8 mi · 656
- Loveland Early Childhood Center2.2 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Loveland High SchoolHow many students attend Loveland High School?
Loveland High School enrolls approximately 1,203 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Loveland High School serve?
Loveland High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Loveland High School?
Approximately 21.1:1 students per teacher at Loveland High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Loveland High School?
At Loveland High School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Loveland High School public or private?
Loveland High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Loveland City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.