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Enrollment
669
High
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENTON CARROLL SALEM LOCAL·NCES 390489203452
Oak Harbor High School
11661 W State Route 163, Oak Harbor, OH 43449 · (419) 898-6216 · Ottawa County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL669 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
195 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 149 | 22% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Benton Carroll Salem Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
79.9%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.8pp since 2021
Math
76.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.9% | 76.7% |
| 2023-24 | 76.4% | 75.3% |
| 2022-23 | 78.2% | 79.0% |
| 2021-22 | 77.2% | 74.9% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
80.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Oak Harbor High School
Oak Harbor High School's state test result (80.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Harbor High School this school | 669 | 29.1% | 80.9% |
| Benjamin Logan High School Bellefontaine | 508 | 32.3% | 70.5% |
| Garaway High School Sugarcreek | 441 | 28.8% | 78.5% |
| Buckeye Valley Local High School Delaware | 597 | 23.1% | 82.4% |
| Chippewa Jr./Sr. High School Doylestown | 588 | 30.3% | 84.3% |
| Wheelersburg High School Wheelersburg | 457 | 28.4% | 71.9% |
Matched among Ohio high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Oak Harbor High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Ottawa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #78 of 403 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.7% | #74 of 776 ▼ 10 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #125 of 774 ▲ 68 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #446 of 742 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 669 | #270 of 888 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #510 of 739 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.2% | #513 of 749 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.1% | #326 of 435 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #86 of 198 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
669
+102 (+18%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 21.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 669 | 36.5 | 18.3:1 | 29% (195) |
| 2023-24 | 649 | 30 | 21.6:1 | 30% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 673 | 28.5 | 23.6:1 | 25% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 26 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 33.5 | 18.3:1 | 23% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 28% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 30 | 18.1:1 | 30% (164) |
| 2000-01 | 736 | 40 | 18.4:1 | 9% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 590 | 41 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oak Harbor High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (614 to 669); teachers up 9% (33.5 to 36.5).
About Oak Harbor High School
Oak Harbor High School is a mid-sized high school that serves part of Oak Harbor, Ohio. It teaches 669 students in grades 7 through 12.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in Benton Carroll Salem Local totals 1,341 students.
White students are 92% of those enrolled at Oak Harbor High School. The rest of enrollment is 5% Hispanic. That is in line with Ottawa County, where about 92% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 15%.
Oak Harbor High School lists 36.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 18.3 students per teacher. That is in line with the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio. About 29% of students at Oak Harbor High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 46% average for public schools in Ottawa County is 17 points higher.
Oak Harbor High School is 3.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (80.9% versus 77.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Ohio.
In Ottawa County, home to about 39,994 people, median household income comes to about $76,101, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 16 public schools in the county, enrolling about 4,905, Oak Harbor High School among them.
The closest school to Oak Harbor High School is Oak Harbor Intermediate School, located about 0.8 miles away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of Oak Harbor High School.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment was 669 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 567. The ratio was 21.8:1 in 2020-21 and 18.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Ottawa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,994
Census ACS
Median income
$76,101
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
4,905 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Benton Carroll Salem Local
- R C Waters Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
- Oak Harbor Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 315 students
Other schools in Oak Harbor
- R C Waters Elementary SchoolElementary · 357 students
- Oak Harbor Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 315 students
Other Oak Harbor High schools
One other US public school is named Oak Harbor High. Oak Harbor High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Oak Harbor High SchoolOak Harbor, WA · 1,562 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Harbor Intermediate School0.8 mi · 315
- R C Waters Elementary School0.9 mi · 357
- Woodmore High School7.4 mi · 252
- Vanguard Tech Center10.4 mi · 177
- Technology Center10.4 mi · 111
- Fremont Middle School10.6 mi · 799
Frequently asked questions
About Oak Harbor High SchoolHow large is Oak Harbor High School?
Oak Harbor High School enrolls approximately 669 students in grades 07-12.
Is Oak Harbor High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oak Harbor High School is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Oak Harbor High School?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Oak Harbor High School.
How diverse is Oak Harbor High School?
Oak Harbor High School reports a student body of 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Oak Harbor High School?
Oak Harbor High School is overseen by Benton Carroll Salem Local in Ottawa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.