Mt Gilead High School

Mt Gilead High School is a high school of modestly sized scale in Mount Gilead, Ohio, part of Mount Gilead Exempted Village, instructing 274 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 52% smaller than the state mean of about 565.

Within Mount Gilead Exempted Village, which oversees 3 schools and 975 students, Mt Gilead High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Mt Gilead High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Morrow County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Morrow County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mt Gilead High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.3%; this one delivers 73.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Morrow County indicate median household income runs about $75,283, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Morrow County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,685 students), of which Mt Gilead High School is one.

Mt Gilead Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mt Gilead High School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 62.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mt Gilead High School has shrank 18%, going from 333 students in 2018 to 274 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.