1
Enrollment
474
High
DISTRICT 546 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OTSEGO LOCAL·NCES 390507204045
Otsego High School
18505 Tontogany Creek Rd Ste 2, Bowling Green, OH 43402 · (419) 823-4381 · Wood County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
270 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 127 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 120 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 106 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 121 | 26% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 Otsego Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
79.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.0pp since 2021
Math
61.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +12.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 61.8% |
| 2023-24 | 72.4% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 81.4% | 53.7% |
| 2021-22 | 80.0% | 49.3% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
74.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Otsego High School
Otsego High School's state test result (74.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otsego High School this school | 474 | 57.0% | 74.0% |
| Firelands High School Oberlin | 471 | 55.0% | 72.7% |
| Genoa Area High School Genoa | 369 | 52.3% | 69.9% |
| Kenton High School Kenton | 544 | 53.1% | 56.1% |
| Jefferson Area Sr High School Jefferson | 427 | 52.7% | 71.8% |
| Tri-Rivers Career Center Marion | 583 | 60.2% | N/A |
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 Otsego High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Wood County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #171 of 403 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #213 of 776 ▲ 181 | #3 of 9 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #141 of 774 ▲ 120 | #3 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.7pp | #280 of 742 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #403 of 888 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #594 of 739 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.1% | #428 of 749 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.0% | #117 of 435 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.2% | #97 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
474
+28 (+6%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 474 | 24 | 19.8:1 | 57% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 25.4 | 19.4:1 | 50% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | N/A | N/A | 31% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 20 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 20 | 21.9:1 | 39% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 21 | 21.1:1 | 68% (304) |
| 2010-11 | 450 | 22 | 20.4:1 | 53% (238) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 27 | 19.9:1 | 3% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 473 | 23 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Otsego High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (438 to 474); teachers up 20% (20 to 24).
About Otsego High School
Otsego High School is a public high school in Bowling Green, Ohio. It educates 474 students in grades 9 through 12.
Otsego High School is a school in Otsego Local. The district has 3 schools and 1,637 students.
The large majority of students at Otsego High School, 89%, are White. The remaining shares are 8% Hispanic. County-wide, about 87% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Otsego High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.8:1 at Otsego High School, with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 57%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Wood County is 35%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Otsego High School falls in the middle 80% of Ohio schools: 74.0% actual against 67.3% predicted.
Wood County has these Census figures: median household income is about $74,216, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Wood County number 38 and enroll about 19,968.
The shortest distance from Otsego High School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Otsego Junior High. The five-mile area around Otsego High School holds 2 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Otsego High School ranks 3rd on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Otsego High School went from 446 students to 474. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 22.3:1 to 19.8:1.
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Wood County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
132,064
Census ACS
Median income
$74,216
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
19,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Otsego Local
- Otsego Elementary SchoolElementary · 788 students
- Otsego Junior HighMiddle · 375 students
Other schools in Bowling Green
- Bowling Green High SchoolHigh · 799 students
- Bowling Green Middle SchoolMiddle · 589 students
- Conneaut Elementary SchoolElementary · 414 students
- Otsego Junior HighMiddle · 375 students
- Crim Elementary SchoolElementary · 344 students
- Kenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
Other Otsego High schools
One other US public school is named Otsego High. Otsego High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Otsego High SchoolOTSEGO, MI · 708 students
Nearby schools
- Otsego Junior High0.0 mi · 375
- Otsego Elementary School0.2 mi · 788
- Bowling Green Middle School5.0 mi · 589
- Bowling Green High School5.1 mi · 799
- Conneaut Elementary School5.1 mi · 414
- Bowling Green Preschool6.0 mi · 98
Frequently asked questions
About Otsego High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Otsego High School?
Otsego High School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Otsego High School serve?
Otsego High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Otsego High School?
Approximately 19.8:1 students per teacher at Otsego High School.
How diverse is Otsego High School?
Otsego High School reports a student body of 89% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Otsego High School?
Otsego High School is overseen by Otsego Local in Wood County.
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