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How has Solon High School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,519
High
DISTRICT 656 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOLON CITY·NCES 390466002609
Solon High School
33600 Inwood Dr, Solon, OH 44139 · (440) 349-6230 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,519 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Ohio public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
18.6:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
267 students
DISTRICT 18% · 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 | 366 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 408 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 361 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 384 | 25% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
92.9%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.1pp since 2021
Math
84.2%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.9% | 84.2% |
| 2023-24 | 91.1% | 84.0% |
| 2022-23 | 93.5% | 85.2% |
| 2021-22 | 91.8% | 79.0% |
% 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
92.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
82.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 82% 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 Solon High School
Solon High School's state test result (92.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solon High School this school | 1,519 | 17.6% | 92.3% |
| Olentangy High School Lewis Center | 1,760 | 10.9% | 89.3% |
| Orange High School Lewis | 1,936 | 18.9% | 84.3% |
| Sycamore High School Cincinnati | 1,678 | 20.4% | 85.9% |
| William Mason High School Mason | 3,435 | 17.3% | 84.8% |
| Dublin Coffman High School Dublin | 1,824 | 22.3% | 79.8% |
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 Solon High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.3% | #10 of 403 | #3 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.2% | #36 of 776 ▼ 8 | #5 of 71 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.9% | #11 of 774 ▲ 8 | #2 of 71 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.1pp | #404 of 742 | #51 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,519 | #67 of 888 | #5 of 74 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #526 of 739 | #44 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #50 of 749 | #9 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #392 of 435 | #14 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.2% | #354 of 484 | #36 of 42 |
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
1,519
-67 (-4%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,039
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 1,519 | 81.8 | 18.6:1 | 18% (267) |
| 2023-24 | 1,490 | 80.4 | 18.5:1 | 17% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 1,483 | 80.9 | 18.3:1 | 11% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 1,586 | 85 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,636 | 86.3 | 19.0:1 | 11% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 1,693 | 87 | 19.5:1 | 11% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 1,816 | 99 | 18.3:1 | 8% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 1,620 | 102 | 15.9:1 | 1% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 1,039 | 74 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Solon High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (1,636 to 1,519); teachers down 5% (86.3 to 81.8).
About Solon High School
Solon High School is a high-enrollment high school serving families in Solon, Ohio. The school had 1,519 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in Ohio is about 565, so this school runs 169% larger than that.
Solon City enrolls 4,594 students, and its 7 schools include Solon High School.
Enrollment at Solon High School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 49%. After that, the student body is 24% Asian, 18% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. Census figures show Cuyahoga County is about 58% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Solon High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Federal staffing data show 81.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Solon High School and a ratio of 18.6:1. That ratio is over the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 18% of students. The rate at public schools in Cuyahoga County averages 27%, higher than here.
The allk12 Grade for Solon High School is A+. Compared with Ohio public high schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Ohio schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Solon High School's results are 10.2 points above predicted: 92.3% against 82.2%.
Cuyahoga County has about 1,245,873 residents, and median household income is about $64,468, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Cuyahoga County number 352 and enroll about 155,924.
The nearest public school is Orchard Middle School, at about 0.3 miles. Solon High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 92.3% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 4%, from 1,586 to 1,519.
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Cuyahoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Solon City
- Solon Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Orchard Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Dorothy E Lewis Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Grace L Roxbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Joseph V. Regano Early Learning CenterElementary · 76 students
Other schools in Solon
- Solon Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Orchard Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Dorothy E Lewis Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Parkside Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Grace L Roxbury Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Joseph V. Regano Early Learning CenterElementary · 76 students
Other Solon High schools
One other US public school is named Solon High. Solon High School is the largest of the 2.
- Solon High SchoolSolon, IA · 471 students
Nearby schools
- Orchard Middle School0.3 mi · 730
- Joseph V. Regano Early Learning Center0.3 mi · 76
- Grace L Roxbury Elementary School0.3 mi · 487
- Solon Middle School0.4 mi · 768
- Parkside Elementary School0.4 mi · 502
- Solon Academy0.8 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Solon High SchoolHow large is Solon High School?
Solon High School enrolls approximately 1,519 students in grades 09-12.
Is Solon High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Solon High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Solon High School have?
Solon High School employs 82 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Solon High School?
Student demographics at Solon High School are roughly 49% White, 3% Hispanic, 18% Black, 24% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Solon High School?
Solon High School is overseen by Solon City in Cuyahoga County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.