Enrollment
266
High
DISTRICT 276 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MECHANICSBURG EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390454802234
Mechanicsburg High School
60 High St, Mechanicsburg, OH 43044 · (937) 834-2453 · Champaign County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL266 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Ohio public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
18.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
263 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 72 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 70 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 62 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 62 | 23% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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 Mechanicsburg Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
73.1%
OH avg 59.8% . -5.4pp since 2021
Math
55.5%
OH avg 56.1% . -3.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 down about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.1% | 55.5% |
| 2023-24 | 82.5% | 62.6% |
| 2022-23 | 57.6% | 64.3% |
| 2021-22 | 78.5% | 59.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
75.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 24 points, placing it in Ohio's top 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 Mechanicsburg High School
Mechanicsburg High School's state test result (75.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanicsburg High School this school | 266 | 98.9% | 75.0% |
| Bradford High School Bradford | 244 | 98.8% | 49.5% |
| Allen East High School Harrod | 253 | 98.8% | 72.5% |
| Riverdale High School Mt Blanchard | 321 | 99.1% | 56.3% |
| Parkway High School Rockford | 306 | 99.0% | 73.3% |
| Crestview High School Convoy | 249 | 98.8% | 77.8% |
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 Mechanicsburg High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #153 of 403 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #299 of 776 ▼ 121 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.1% | #244 of 774 ▼ 135 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #79 of 742 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 266 | #653 of 888 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #546 of 739 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.2% | #587 of 749 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #17 of 435 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #124 of 198 |
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
266
-18 (-6%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 329
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 266 | 14.1 | 18.9:1 | 99% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 15.1 | 17.8:1 | 99% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 276 | 16.6 | 16.6:1 | 89% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 284 | 12 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 253 | 14 | 18.1:1 | 99% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 262 | 14 | 18.7:1 | 99% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 430 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 70% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 417 | 24 | 17.4:1 | 20% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 329 | 19 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mechanicsburg High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (253 to 266); teachers up 1% (14 to 14.1).
About Mechanicsburg High School
Mechanicsburg High School, located in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, is a small high school. The school serves 266 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. The average among high schools in Ohio is roughly 565 students; this school is 53% smaller than that.
Mechanicsburg Exempted Village enrolls 827 students in 3 schools, including Mechanicsburg High School.
The large majority of students at Mechanicsburg High School, 94%, are White. Other reported shares: 4% multiracial. That is close to the 92% White share among all Champaign County residents. Mechanicsburg High School has a diversity index of 12%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 14.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.9:1. The 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Champaign County average 57%.
Measured against Ohio public high schools, Mechanicsburg High School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Mechanicsburg High School is 51.5%. It actually posts 75.0%, which is 23.5 points higher and in the top 10% of Ohio schools.
In the county around the school, Champaign County, median household income is about $75,556, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. A total of 15 public schools operate in Champaign County, serving about 6,135 students.
The shortest distance from Mechanicsburg High School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Mechanicsburg Middle School. The five-mile area around Mechanicsburg High School holds 2 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 63.0%, lower than Mechanicsburg High School's 75.0%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 284 to 266. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 23.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.9:1.
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Champaign County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,804
Census ACS
Median income
$75,556
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,135 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mechanicsburg Exempted Village
- Dohron Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Mechanicsburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 180 students
Other schools in Mechanicsburg
- Dohron Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 381 students
- Mechanicsburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 180 students
Nearby schools
- Mechanicsburg Middle School0.0 mi · 180
- Dohron Wilson Elementary School0.0 mi · 381
- Triad Middle School7.0 mi · 233
- Triad High School7.2 mi · 226
- Triad Elementary School7.3 mi · 354
- Monroe Elementary School8.8 mi · 243
Frequently asked questions
About Mechanicsburg High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mechanicsburg High School?
Mechanicsburg High School enrolls approximately 266 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Mechanicsburg High School serve?
Mechanicsburg High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Mechanicsburg High School?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at Mechanicsburg High School.
What is the student diversity at Mechanicsburg High School?
Student demographics at Mechanicsburg High School are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Mechanicsburg High School?
Mechanicsburg High School is overseen by Mechanicsburg Exempted Village in Champaign County.
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