Ottawa-Glandorf High School

Ottawa-Glandorf High School is a high school of reasonably sized scale in Ottawa, Ohio, run under Ottawa-Glandorf Local, hosting 595 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within Ottawa-Glandorf Local, which oversees 3 schools and 1,500 students, Ottawa-Glandorf High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Ottawa-Glandorf High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest reads as 11% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Ottawa-Glandorf High School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.7:1. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Putnam County's rate of about 35%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Ottawa-Glandorf High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 81.9%, the actual is 79.9%, a residual of -2.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Putnam County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $84,928 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Putnam County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,938 students), of which Ottawa-Glandorf High School is one.

The closest other public school is Ottawa Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Ottawa-Glandorf High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 77.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ottawa-Glandorf High School has climbed 20%, going from 496 students in 2018 to 595 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.