Shawnee High School

Shawnee High School is an average-sized four-year high school in Lima, Ohio, part of Shawnee Local. The school educates 673 students in grades 9 through 12.

Shawnee Local runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,239 students. Shawnee High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Shawnee High School reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Allen County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Shawnee High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 77.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Allen County indicate median household income runs about $64,038, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Allen County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,579 students), Shawnee High School is one campus in the mix.

Shawnee Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shawnee High School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Shawnee High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 69.6%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 714 students in 2018 compared to 673 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.