National Trail High School

Set in New Paris, Ohio, National Trail High School is a low-enrollment high school, run under National Trail Local. It hosts 285 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so National Trail High School sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.

National Trail Local comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 932 students; National Trail High School is among them.

Demographically, National Trail High School reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 4% multiracial. Compared to Preble County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Preble County put median household income runs about $69,223, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Preble County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,537 students), of which National Trail High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: National Trail Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around National Trail High School.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 305 students in 2018 compared to 285 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.