Pandora-Gilboa High School

Pandora-Gilboa High School, a tiny senior high in Pandora, Ohio, one of the schools within Pandora-Gilboa Local, educates 183 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 68% below the state mean of about 565.

Across the 3 schools in Pandora-Gilboa Local (523 students total), Pandora-Gilboa High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Pandora-Gilboa High School shows that nearly all students (92%) are White; the rest consists of 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Putnam County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Pandora-Gilboa High School lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. An estimated 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Putnam County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pandora-Gilboa High School ranks in the top 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 51.7%; Pandora-Gilboa High School posts 78.1%, +26.4 points above that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Putnam County) shows that median household income runs about $84,928, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Pandora-Gilboa High School is one of 23 public schools in Putnam County (combined enrollment of about 5,938 students).

The closest other public school is Pandora-Gilboa Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pandora-Gilboa High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 82.0%.

Pandora-Gilboa High School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 8%: 170 students in 2018 compared to 183 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Pandora-Gilboa High School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.