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Orange High School

32000 Chagrin Blvd, Pepper Pike, OH 44124 · (216) 831-8581 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Ohio public high schools
  • 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
617
High
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 565
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
92 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 916326%
Grade 1014824%
Grade 1114524%
Grade 1216126%
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
42469%
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
183%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 8% · US 30%
Black
7813%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 17% · US 15%
Asian
427%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 3% · US 6%
Two+
559%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 7% · US 5%
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
Male
33454%
Female
28346%

School pathway

Feeds from
Ballard Brady Middle School06–08
Based on grade levels within Orange City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or Above
English Language Arts
89.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.8pp since 2021
Math
82.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +17.5pp since 2021

What 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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2589.0%82.8%
2023-2483.6%73.4%
2022-2389.0%63.8%
2021-2286.2%65.3%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
85.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
83.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation

What 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%.

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 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.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Orange High School this school61714.9%85.9%
Dayton Regional STEM School
Kettering
80117.5%84.6%
Copley High School
Copley
89523.6%75.8%
Ferguson Hall Freshman School
Beavercreek
63321.8%94.4%
Aurora High School
Aurora
9849.9%90.4%
Wyoming High School
Wyoming
58111.5%86.0%
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 Orange High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn OhioIn 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
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 2024-25
Enrollment
617
-71 (-10%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 778
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2561748.412.8:115% (92)
2023-2458748.412.1:114% (80)
2022-2360846.413.1:110% (61)
2020-216884714.6:1N/A
2017-186915412.8:114% (95)
2015-167105612.7:114% (99)
2010-117846412.3:112% (95)
2000-019366913.6:12% (19)
1990-917786312.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orange High School.

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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Cuyahoga County at a glance

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Population
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students

Quick facts

School name
Orange High School
District
Orange City
Address
32000 Chagrin Blvd, Pepper Pike, OH 44124
Phone
(216) 831-8581
County
Cuyahoga County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
617
Teachers (FTE)
48
Student–teacher ratio
12.8:1
Free and reduced lunch
92 (15%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
391001602600
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Orange City
Other schools in Pepper Pike
Other Orange High schools

4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Orange High. Orange High School is the 5th largest of the 5.

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Frequently asked questions

About Orange High School
What is the total enrollment at Orange High School?
Orange High School enrolls approximately 617 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Orange High School serve?
Orange High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Orange High School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Orange High School.
What is the student diversity at Orange High School?
Student demographics at Orange High School are roughly 69% White, 3% Hispanic, 13% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Orange High School?
Orange High School is overseen by Orange City in Cuyahoga County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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