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Enrollment
536
High
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARGARETTA LOCAL·NCES 390468002658
Margaretta High School
209 Lowell St, Castalia, OH 44824 · (419) 684-5351 · Erie County
GRADES 06–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Ohio public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
17.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
212 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 6 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 64 | 12% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 Margaretta Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
72.1%
OH avg 59.8% . +5.7pp since 2021
Math
56.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +20.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.1% | 56.5% |
| 2023-24 | 66.4% | 49.3% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 45.5% |
| 2021-22 | 66.4% | 35.6% |
% 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
64.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Margaretta High School
Margaretta High School's state test result (64.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaretta High School this school | 536 | 39.6% | 64.2% |
| Upper Sandusky High School Upper Sandusky | 546 | 39.4% | 65.8% |
| Bellevue High School Bellevue | 521 | 42.0% | 72.9% |
| Carrollton High School Carrollton | 517 | 39.8% | 64.9% |
| Vantage Career Center Van Wert | 489 | 43.8% | N/A |
| Vermilion High School Vermilion | 580 | 44.5% | 66.6% |
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 Margaretta High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #289 of 403 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #286 of 776 ▲ 69 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.1% | #270 of 774 ▲ 97 | #5 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.3pp | #70 of 742 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #358 of 888 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #436 of 739 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.0% | #472 of 749 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #247 of 435 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #239 of 484 | #5 of 6 |
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
536
-45 (-8%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 770
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 536 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 40% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 540 | 32 | 16.9:1 | 46% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 558 | 30.3 | 18.4:1 | 37% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 581 | 31 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 34 | 18.0:1 | 44% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 34 | 17.4:1 | 34% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 35 | 16.2:1 | 37% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 762 | 39 | 19.5:1 | 10% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 770 | 39 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Margaretta High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (611 to 536); teachers down 9% (34 to 31).
About Margaretta High School
Margaretta High School operates as a mid-sized high school in Castalia, Ohio. Students in grades 6 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 536 students.
Margaretta High School falls under Margaretta Local, which has 2 schools enrolling 1,072 students.
The share of students at Margaretta High School who are White is 90%. The remaining students are 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Erie County, the White share is about 81%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 18, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Margaretta High School is 17.3:1, based on 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio. Margaretta High School counts 40% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 39% average for public schools in Erie County.
Margaretta High School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of Ohio public high schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Margaretta High School would be expected to post about 73.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Erie County show that the median household earns about $71,993 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Erie County, 29 public schools serve about 12,434 students.
Margaretta High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Townsend Community School, its nearest public school. Margaretta High School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Margaretta High School ranks 4th of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 64.2% against a local average of 72.2%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 8%, from 581 to 536. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 18.7:1 to 17.3:1.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,581
Census ACS
Median income
$71,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
12,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Margaretta Local
- Margaretta Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
Other schools in Castalia
- Margaretta Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Townsend Community SchoolHigh · 494 students
Nearby schools
- Townsend Community School0.0 mi · 494
- Margaretta Elementary School0.8 mi · 536
- Sandusky High School5.2 mi · 1,028
- Sandusky Middle School5.2 mi · 418
- Perkins High School5.2 mi · 539
- The Sandusky Intermediate School5.3 mi · 892
Frequently asked questions
About Margaretta High SchoolHow large is Margaretta High School?
Margaretta High School enrolls approximately 536 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Margaretta High School serve?
Margaretta High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Margaretta High School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Margaretta High School.
What is the student diversity at Margaretta High School?
Student demographics at Margaretta High School are roughly 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Margaretta High School in?
Margaretta High School is part of Margaretta Local.
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