Enrollment
343
High
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARTINS FERRY CITY·NCES 390443401272
Martins Ferry High School
5000 Ayers Lime Stone Rd, Martins Ferry, OH 43935 · (740) 633-0684 · Belmont County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Ohio public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
11.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
340 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 | 81 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 96 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 89 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 77 | 22% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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 Martins Ferry City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
54.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -3.2pp since 2021
Math
31.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.3% | 31.4% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 37.4% |
| 2022-23 | 60.6% | 31.5% |
| 2021-22 | 57.5% | 28.9% |
% 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
53.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Martins Ferry High School
Martins Ferry High School's state test result (53.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martins Ferry High School this school | 343 | 99.1% | 53.0% |
| Cory-Rawson High School Rawson | 265 | 98.9% | 51.5% |
| Delaware Area Career Center South Campus Delaware | 315 | 99.0% | N/A |
| Ada High School Ada | 404 | 93.1% | 74.0% |
| Milton-Union High School West Milton | 369 | 99.2% | 61.8% |
| Bucyrus Secondary School Bucyrus | 247 | 98.8% | 51.9% |
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 Martins Ferry High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Belmont County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #374 of 403 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #570 of 776 ▼ 82 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #547 of 774 ▼ 79 | #5 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #192 of 742 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #545 of 888 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #56 of 739 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #325 of 749 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #9 of 435 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #115 of 484 | #2 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
343
-53 (-13%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 343 | 29 | 11.8:1 | 99% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 30 | 12.7:1 | 99% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | N/A | N/A | 98% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 396 | 29 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 99% (421) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 99% (401) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 99% (432) |
| 2000-01 | 492 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 5% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 574 | 32 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martins Ferry High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (424 to 343); teachers unchanged (29 to 29).
About Martins Ferry High School
Martins Ferry High School is a low-enrollment high school serving families in Martins Ferry, Ohio. The school's 343 students are in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Ohio average about 565 students each.
Martins Ferry City runs Martins Ferry High School along with 2 other schools, enrolling 1,269 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Martins Ferry High School is 84% White. After that, the student body is 7% multiracial and 7% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 28% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 11.8 students per teacher and 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 65% average among public schools in Belmont County.
Measured against Ohio public high schools, Martins Ferry High School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Martins Ferry High School is 1.6 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 53.0% actual, 51.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Ohio.
Belmont County has about 65,473 residents, and the median household income is $57,017, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Martins Ferry High School, Belmont County has 22 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Martins Ferry Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Martins Ferry High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Small).
Enrollment has fallen by 53 students since 2020-21, to 343. By 2024-25, the school had 11.8 students per teacher, compared with 13.7 in 2020-21.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Martins Ferry High School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Belmont County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,473
Census ACS
Median income
$57,017
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
8,619 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Martins Ferry City
- Anna Marie Ayers Elementary SchoolElementary · 492 students
- Martins Ferry Middle SchoolMiddle · 434 students
Other schools in Martins Ferry
- Martins Ferry Middle SchoolMiddle · 434 students
Nearby schools
- Martins Ferry Middle School0.0 mi · 434
- Anna Marie Ayers Elementary School0.1 mi · 492
- Warwood School1.4 mi · 497
- Warwood Middle School1.4 mi · 183
- Warwood Elementary School1.4 mi · 304
- Madison Elementary School2.7 mi · 231
Frequently asked questions
About Martins Ferry High SchoolHow large is Martins Ferry High School?
Martins Ferry High School enrolls approximately 343 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Martins Ferry High School serve?
Martins Ferry High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Martins Ferry High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Martins Ferry High School is approximately 11.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Martins Ferry High School?
Student demographics at Martins Ferry High School are roughly 84% White, 2% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Martins Ferry High School public or private?
Martins Ferry High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Martins Ferry City.
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