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Orange High School
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public high schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 163 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 148 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 145 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 161 | 26% |
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Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 18 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 82.8% |
| 2023-24 | 83.6% | 73.4% |
| 2022-23 | 89.0% | 63.8% |
| 2021-22 | 86.2% | 65.3% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 83% 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%.
Schools most like Orange High School
Orange High School's state test result (85.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange High School this school | 617 | 14.9% | 85.9% |
| Dayton Regional STEM School Kettering | 801 | 17.5% | 84.6% |
| Copley High School Copley | 895 | 23.6% | 75.8% |
| Ferguson Hall Freshman School Beavercreek | 633 | 21.8% | 94.4% |
| Aurora High School Aurora | 984 | 9.9% | 90.4% |
| Wyoming High School Wyoming | 581 | 11.5% | 86.0% |
Where Orange High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.9% | #38 of 403 | #6 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #42 of 776 ▲ 40 | #6 of 71 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #30 of 774 ▲ 64 | #6 of 71 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.2pp | #117 of 742 | #21 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 617 | #300 of 888 | #25 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #94 of 739 | #5 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #168 of 749 | #24 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.9% | #401 of 435 | #16 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #273 of 484 | #29 of 42 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 617 | 48.4 | 12.8:1 | 15% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 587 | 48.4 | 12.1:1 | 14% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 46.4 | 13.1:1 | 10% (61) |
| 2020-21 | 688 | 47 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 54 | 12.8:1 | 14% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 56 | 12.7:1 | 14% (99) |
| 2010-11 | 784 | 64 | 12.3:1 | 12% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 936 | 69 | 13.6:1 | 2% (19) |
| 1990-91 | 778 | 63 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (691 to 617); teachers down 10% (54 to 48.4).
About Orange High School
Orange High School is a medium-sized high school that serves part of Pepper Pike, Ohio. It educates 617 students in grades 9 through 12.
Orange City is made up of 4 schools with 2,029 students in all.
At 69%, White students outnumber all other groups at Orange High School combined. Other students are 13% Black, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Cuyahoga County residents are about 58% White. Orange High School has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1 at Orange High School, with 48.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 15%. On average, public schools in Cuyahoga County report 27%.
Orange High School is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 95% of Ohio public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Orange High School is 2.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Ohio schools.
Across Cuyahoga County, median household income is about $64,468, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. The public schools of Cuyahoga County number 352 and enroll about 155,924.
Orange Inclusive Preschool is the public school closest to Orange High School, about 0.2 miles away. Orange High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Orange High School ranks 4th of 5 nearby schools, at 85.9% versus an 86.2% average.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Orange High School had 688 students in 2020-21 and 617 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.6:1 to 12.8:1.
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