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What's the one class at Ontario High School every student should take?
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Enrollment
540
High
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONTARIO LOCAL·NCES 390494703608
Ontario High School
467 Shelby Ontario Rd, Mansfield, OH 44906 · (419) 529-3969 · Richland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
188 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 9 | 172 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 169 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 106 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 93 | 17% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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 Ontario Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
72.7%
OH avg 59.8% . -5.7pp since 2021
Math
70.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +9.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.7% | 70.3% |
| 2023-24 | 77.4% | 69.3% |
| 2022-23 | 69.0% | 70.0% |
| 2021-22 | 78.4% | 60.5% |
% 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
74.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Ontario High School
Ontario High School's state test result (74.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario High School this school | 540 | 34.8% | 74.7% |
| Batavia High School Batavia | 679 | 37.7% | 66.3% |
| Bath High School Lima | 437 | 35.7% | 81.6% |
| Shawnee High School Lima | 673 | 30.3% | 77.4% |
| Perkins High School Sandusky | 539 | 31.5% | 74.1% |
| Talawanda High School Oxford | 889 | 35.2% | 68.9% |
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 Ontario High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Richland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #159 of 403 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #124 of 776 ▼ 11 | #1 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #259 of 774 ▼ 80 | #3 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #458 of 742 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #355 of 888 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #501 of 739 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #282 of 749 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #289 of 435 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #428 of 484 | #6 of 7 |
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
540
0 (0%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 540 | 29.7 | 18.2:1 | 35% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 29.6 | 18.0:1 | 27% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 527 | 29.6 | 17.8:1 | 24% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 30 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 29.2 | 19.1:1 | 27% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 28% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 29 | 16.4:1 | 18% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 29 | 19.4:1 | 4% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 464 | 27 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ontario High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (559 to 540); teachers up 2% (29.2 to 29.7).
About Ontario High School
Ontario High School is a high school in Mansfield, Ohio, according to federal school records. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 540 students.
Ontario Local serves 1,933 students across 3 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Ontario High School is 81% White. The remaining shares are 6% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. In Richland County overall, the White share is about 85%. A diversity index of 33% means there is a 33% chance two randomly chosen students at Ontario High School are from different groups.
Ontario High School lists 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 18.2 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 35% of the student body. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Richland County, the school's rate is lower.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Ontario High School would score about 75.7%. It scores 74.7%, within a point of that figure.
The school's county is Richland County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $59,509 a year, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Ontario High School shares Richland County with 48 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Ontario High School is closest to Ontario Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 540 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 540.
This page is set up for the Ontario High School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Richland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,099
Census ACS
Median income
$59,509
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
18,772 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ontario Local
- Stingel Elementary SchoolElementary · 922 students
- Ontario Middle SchoolMiddle · 471 students
Other schools in Mansfield
- GOAL Digital AcademyCombined · 855 students
- Madison High SchoolHigh · 855 students
- Mansfield Senior High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Malabar Intermediate SchoolElementary · 660 students
- Sherman Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
Other Ontario High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Ontario High. Ontario High School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Ontario HighOntario, CA · 1,994 students
- Ontario High SchoolOntario, OR · 709 students
Nearby schools
- Ontario Middle School0.1 mi · 471
- Stingel Elementary School0.2 mi · 922
- The Richland School of Academic Arts4.2 mi · 338
- Buckeye Community School4.3 mi · 566
- Cypress High School4.8 mi · 231
- Sherman Elementary School4.9 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Ontario High SchoolHow many students attend Ontario High School?
Ontario High School enrolls approximately 540 students in grades 09-12.
Is Ontario High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ontario High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ontario High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ontario High School is approximately 18.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ontario High School?
Student demographics at Ontario High School are roughly 81% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Ontario High School?
Ontario High School is overseen by Ontario Local in Richland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.