Northern Career Institute

Northern Career Institute is a public small high school in Willoughby, Ohio. It enrolled 148 students in grades 11 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, high schools in Ohio average about 565 students each.

Northern Career Institute is in Willoughby-Eastlake City, a district with 6,861 students across 13 schools.

White students make up a majority at Northern Career Institute, at 53%. Next come 34% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 86% White among all Lake County residents. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Staffing totals 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.3:1. On average, high schools in Ohio have 17.7:1, compared with 12.3:1 here.

Census estimates describe Lake County this way: the median household income is $80,925, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. In all, Lake County has 65 public schools and roughly 27,899 students.

Edison Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Northern Career Institute.

The NCES locale for Northern Career Institute is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment is down 9% from 2020-21, when Northern Career Institute had 163 students, to 2024-25, when it had 148. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.3:1, from 13.6:1.

The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.