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What's one thing Rossford High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
395
High
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSSFORD EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390456002299
Rossford High School
701 Superior St, Rossford, OH 43460 · (419) 666-5262 · Wood County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of Ohio public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
387 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 134 | 34% |
| Grade 10 | 97 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 96 | 24% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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 Rossford Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
50.8%
OH avg 59.8% . -6.2pp since 2021
Math
41.6%
OH avg 56.1% . +8.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.8% | 41.6% |
| 2023-24 | 53.3% | 40.5% |
| 2022-23 | 53.5% | 45.8% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 32.9% |
% 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
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Rossford High School
Rossford High School's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rossford High School this school | 395 | 98.0% | 56.7% |
| Northwood High School Northwood | 357 | 99.2% | 57.8% |
| Patrick Henry High School Hamler | 272 | 98.9% | 71.6% |
| Vanguard Tech Center Fremont | 177 | 98.3% | N/A |
| Lowellville High School Lowellville | 207 | 98.6% | 51.6% |
| Fairview High School Sherwood | 254 | 92.5% | 76.6% |
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 Rossford High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Wood County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #355 of 403 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #483 of 776 ▼ 30 | #8 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #578 of 774 ▼ 25 | #8 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #483 of 742 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #481 of 888 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #202 of 739 | #4 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.5% | #176 of 749 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #36 of 435 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #306 of 484 | 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
395
-84 (-18%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 395 | 27.5 | 14.4:1 | 98% (387) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 96% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 437 | N/A | N/A | 73% (318) |
| 2020-21 | 479 | 25 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 30 | 14.6:1 | 74% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 71% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 57% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 653 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 8% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 35 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rossford High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (437 to 395); teachers down 8% (30 to 27.5).
About Rossford High School
Rossford High School is one of the public schools in Rossford, Ohio. It is a low-enrollment high school. Enrolled students number 395 students, in grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in Ohio average about 565 students each.
Rossford Exempted Village enrolls 1,560 students in 3 schools, including Rossford High School.
White students account for 69% of enrollment at Rossford High School. Other students are 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 5% Black. That is lower than the 87% White share among all Wood County residents. Rossford High School has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 27.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.4:1. The 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Wood County average 35%.
Rossford High School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of Ohio public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Ohio schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Rossford High School's results are 4.9 points above predicted: 56.7% against 51.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Wood County, median household income is about $74,216, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of Wood County number 38 and enroll about 19,968.
Of nearby public schools, Rossford Junior High School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Rossford High School went from 479 students to 395. The ratio was 19.2:1 in 2020-21 and 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Rossford Exempted Village
- Rossford Elementary SchoolElementary · 812 students
- Rossford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 353 students
Other schools in Rossford
- Rossford Elementary SchoolElementary · 812 students
- Rossford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 353 students
Nearby schools
- Rossford Junior High School0.0 mi · 353
- Mosaic Classical Academy1.3 mi · 23
- Penta Career Center - on campus1.5 mi · 1,441
- Marshall STEMM Academy1.5 mi · 366
- Harvard Elementary School1.7 mi · 262
- Walbridge Elementary School1.7 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About Rossford High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rossford High School?
Rossford High School enrolls approximately 395 students in grades 09-12.
Is Rossford High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rossford High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Rossford High School have?
Rossford High School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Rossford High School?
Student demographics at Rossford High School are roughly 69% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Rossford High School?
Rossford High School is overseen by Rossford Exempted Village in Wood County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.