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What's the most underrated thing about Marion L Steele High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,014
High
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMHERST EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390451902116
Marion L Steele High School
450 Washington St, Amherst, OH 44001 · (440) 988-4433 · Lorain County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,014 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
346 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 Amherst Exempted Village. 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% . -2.9pp since 2021
Math
61.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.2pp 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 61 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
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
77.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,014
-225 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 20.2:1
% White
76%
was 80%
% Hispanic
14%
was 13%
% Black
3%
was 2%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Marion L Steele High School
Marion L Steele High School is one of the big secondary schools in Amherst, Ohio, operated by Amherst Exempted Village, with 1,014 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 79% above the state mean of about 565.
Across the 4 schools in Amherst Exempted Village (3,533 students total), Marion L Steele High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, Marion L Steele High School shows that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. Compared to Lorain County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, Marion L Steele High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.9%, the actual is 77.0%, a residual of +1.1 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Lorain County indicate the typical household earns roughly $73,347 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Lorain County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,516 students), Marion L Steele High School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Walter G. Nord Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marion L Steele High School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Marion L Steele High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 74.0%.
Marion L Steele High School operates from a suburban location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marion L Steele High School has contracted 18%, going from 1,239 students in 2018 to 1,014 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the Marion L Steele High School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lorain County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,129
Census ACS
Median income
$73,347
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
42,516 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Amherst Exempted Village
- Powers Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,104 students
- Amherst Junior High SchoolMiddle · 859 students
- Walter G. Nord Middle SchoolElementary · 556 students
Other schools in Amherst
- Powers Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,104 students
- Amherst Junior High SchoolMiddle · 859 students
- Walter G. Nord Middle SchoolElementary · 556 students
Nearby schools
- Walter G. Nord Middle School0.2 mi · 556
- Amherst Junior High School1.0 mi · 859
- Powers Elementary School1.1 mi · 1,104
- Lorain Preparatory Academy2.2 mi · 416
- Toni Wofford Morrison ES2.5 mi · 324
- Frank Jacinto Elementary3.3 mi · 307
Frequently asked questions
About Marion L Steele High SchoolHow many students attend Marion L Steele High School?
Marion L Steele High School enrolls approximately 1,014 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Marion L Steele High School serve?
Marion L Steele High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Marion L Steele High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Marion L Steele High School is approximately 19.3:1 (53 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Marion L Steele High School?
Student demographics at Marion L Steele High School are roughly 76% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Marion L Steele High School in?
Marion L Steele High School is part of Amherst Exempted Village.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.