Rittman High School

Rittman High School, a minimally staffed secondary school in Rittman, Ohio, run under Rittman Exempted Village, educates 212 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 62% smaller than the state mean of about 565.

Rittman Exempted Village comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 789 students; Rittman High School is among them.

Demographically, Rittman High School records that nearly all students (89%) are White; the rest comes out to 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Rittman High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Rittman High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Rittman High School sits in the top 10% of Ohio schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 51.6%; actual is 78.4%, +26.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,574, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rittman High School is one of 45 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 14,479 students).

Nearest neighbor: Rittman Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rittman High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 77.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 27%: 289 students in 2018 compared to 212 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 98% to 89% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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