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Poland Seminary High School
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat 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 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Poland Seminary High School
Poland Seminary High School operates as a moderately sized senior high in Poland, Ohio, overseen by Poland Local. Current enrollment sits at 773 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 37% larger than the state mean of about 565.
Poland Local runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,755 students. Poland Seminary High School is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Poland Seminary High School reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, Poland Seminary High School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Poland Seminary High School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Mahoning County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Poland Seminary High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 81.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.0%.
Around the school, census data for Mahoning County shows the typical household earns roughly $56,942 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Poland Seminary High School is one of 77 public schools in Mahoning County (combined enrollment of about 27,927 students).
Dobbins Early Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 655 students in 2018 compared to 773 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Mahoning County at a glance
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- Mckinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
- Poland Middle SchoolMiddle · 380 students
- Dobbins Early Learning CenterElementary · 55 students
- Mckinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
- Poland Middle SchoolMiddle · 380 students
- Dobbins Early Learning CenterElementary · 55 students
- Dobbins Early Learning Center0.2 mi · 55
- Mckinley Elementary School1.6 mi · 547
- Poland Middle School1.7 mi · 380
- Struthers Middle School3.1 mi · 495
- Struthers High School3.3 mi · 438
- Lowellville Elementary School3.4 mi · 247