Northwood High School

Northwood High School, a low-enrollment four-year high school in Northwood, Ohio, overseen by Northwood Local Schools, hosts 357 students, covering grades 7 through 12. That puts it 37% below the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.

Northwood High School is one of 3 schools operated by Northwood Local Schools, a district that caters to 818 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Northwood High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Wood County (around 35%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Northwood High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.4%; this one delivers 57.8%.

Across the wider county, Wood County reports that median household income runs about $74,216, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wood County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,968 students), of which Northwood High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Northwood Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Northwood High School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northwood High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 70.1%.

Northwood High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 16%: 423 students in 2018 compared to 357 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 13% to 19%. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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