Miller City High School

Set in Miller City, Ohio, Miller City High School is a small four-year high school, operated by Miller City-New Cleveland Local. It works with 257 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 55% below the state mean of about 565.

Miller City-New Cleveland Local runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 616 students. Miller City High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Miller City High School records that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Miller City High School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Putnam County's rate of about 35%.

After controlling for student poverty, Miller City High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 81.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 89.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Putnam County indicate median household earnings sit near $84,928, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Putnam County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,938 students), of which Miller City High School is one.

The closest other public school is Miller City Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Miller City High School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 76.5%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Miller City High School's enrollment has edged up 81% since 2018, when it stood at 142 (now 257). Class-load math has grew: from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 in 2025.

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