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Enrollment
667
High
DISTRICT 825 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARK-SHAWNEE LOCAL·NCES 390462802502
Shawnee Middle School/High School
1675 E Possum Rd, Springfield, OH 45502 · (937) 717-2402 · Clark County
GRADES 07–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
344 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 7 | 130 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 126 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 136 | 20% |
| Grade 10 | 123 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 75 | 11% |
| Grade 12 | 77 | 12% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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 Clark-Shawnee Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
68.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.9pp since 2021
Math
72.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +17.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.2% | 72.9% |
| 2023-24 | 63.4% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 68.0% | 50.5% |
| 2021-22 | 64.3% | 55.4% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Shawnee Middle School/High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee Middle School/High School this school | 667 | 51.6% | 70.8% |
| Greene County Career Center Xenia | 649 | 50.1% | N/A |
| Maplewood Career Center Building Ravenna | 688 | 51.6% | N/A |
| Madison High School Mansfield | 855 | 54.2% | 61.2% |
| Coventry High School Akron | 522 | 54.8% | 54.9% |
| Live Oaks Cdc Milford | 593 | 50.8% | N/A |
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 Shawnee Middle School/High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Clark County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #214 of 403 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #102 of 776 ▲ 71 | #1 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #345 of 774 ▲ 64 | #2 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.7pp | #109 of 742 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #271 of 888 | #6 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #362 of 739 | #6 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.8% | #281 of 749 | #6 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #157 of 435 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.6% | #25 of 198 | 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
667
+240 (+56%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 684
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 667 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 52% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 681 | 40 | 17.0:1 | 59% (405) |
| 2022-23 | 687 | 40.3 | 17.0:1 | 46% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 24 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 27.9 | 17.7:1 | 53% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 30 | 18.9:1 | 38% (214) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | 34 | 18.7:1 | 26% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 880 | 45 | 19.6:1 | 4% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 684 | 32 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shawnee Middle School/High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (492 to 667); teachers up 47% (27.9 to 41).
About Shawnee Middle School/High School
Families in Springfield, Ohio, are served by Shawnee Middle School/High School, a mid-sized high school. Students in grades 7 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 667 students.
Shawnee Middle School/High School reports to Clark-Shawnee Local, which has 2 schools and 1,650 students.
Shawnee Middle School/High School is 81% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Clark County, where about 82% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Shawnee Middle School/High School scores 33%.
On staff are 41 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.3:1. The average for high schools in Ohio is 17.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 52% of students at Shawnee Middle School/High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Schools in Ohio with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 69.3%. Shawnee Middle School/High School scores 70.8%.
In the surrounding county, Clark County, the median household earns about $63,132 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Clark County has 44 public schools with about 20,515 students, including Shawnee Middle School/High School.
Shawnee Elementary School is the nearest public school to Shawnee Middle School/High School, about 0.2 miles away. Shawnee Middle School/High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.
Shawnee Middle School/High School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Shawnee Middle School/High School enrolled 427 in 2020-21 and 667 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. The number of students per teacher dropped from 17.8 to 16.3 over 4 years.
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Clark County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
135,158
Census ACS
Median income
$63,132
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
20,515 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clark-Shawnee Local
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 983 students
Other schools in Springfield
- Springfield High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
- Kenton Ridge Middle/High SchoolHigh · 1,025 students
- Kenton Ridge ElementaryElementary · 984 students
- Shawnee Elementary SchoolElementary · 983 students
- Northwestern Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
- Northwestern Junior/Senior High SchoolHigh · 731 students
Nearby schools
- Shawnee Elementary School0.2 mi · 983
- Springfield-Clark County2.2 mi · 657
- Springfield Preparatory and Fitness Academy2.5 mi · 158
- Kenwood Elementary2.5 mi · 413
- Lincoln Elementary School2.6 mi · 395
- Hayward Middle School2.7 mi · 367
Frequently asked questions
About Shawnee Middle School/High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Shawnee Middle School/High School?
Shawnee Middle School/High School enrolls approximately 667 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does Shawnee Middle School/High School serve?
Shawnee Middle School/High School serves grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at Shawnee Middle School/High School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Shawnee Middle School/High School.
What is the student diversity at Shawnee Middle School/High School?
Student demographics at Shawnee Middle School/High School are roughly 81% White, 3% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Shawnee Middle School/High School public or private?
Shawnee Middle School/High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clark-Shawnee Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.