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Salem 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 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 17 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Salem High School
Salem High School is a secondary school of mid-sized scale in Salem, Ohio, one of the schools within Salem City, works with 610 students in grades 9 through 12.
Salem City comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,913 students; Salem High School is among them.
Demographically, Salem High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). The remainder comes out to 9% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, Salem High School records 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Salem High School tighter than the state norm the norm.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Columbiana County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,180 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Columbiana County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,165 students), Salem High School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Salem Junior High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Salem High School.
Salem High School operates from a town-based location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Salem High School has held roughly steady, going from 623 students in 2018 to 610 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 94% to 86% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.
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- Salem Junior High SchoolMiddle · 323 students
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- Southeast Elementary SchoolMiddle · 276 students
- Salem Junior High School0.0 mi · 323
- Reilly Elementary School0.7 mi · 286
- Buckeye Elementary School0.9 mi · 418
- Southeast Elementary School1.3 mi · 276
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