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Mineral Ridge High School
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Mineral Ridge High School
Mineral Ridge High School, a small secondary school in Mineral Ridge, Ohio, one of the schools within Weathersfield Local, serves 409 students, covering grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 28% smaller than typical.
Weathersfield Local comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 887 students; Mineral Ridge High School is among them.
Demographically, Mineral Ridge High School lists that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Trumbull County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.6:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Trumbull County (around 55%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, Mineral Ridge High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.7%; this one delivers 76.2%.
In the area at large, census data for Trumbull County shows median household earnings sit near $56,435, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Mineral Ridge High School is one of 72 public schools in Trumbull County (combined enrollment of about 25,240 students).
Seaborn Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mineral Ridge High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mineral Ridge High School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 80.8%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Looking at the recent track record. Mineral Ridge High School's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 417 (now 409). White enrollment moved from 93% to 88% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.
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