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Enrollment
995
High
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLOUGHBY-EASTLAKE CITY·NCES 390451002009
South High School
4900 Shankland Rd, Willoughby, OH 44094 · (440) 975-3647 · Lake County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL995 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
419 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 9 | 236 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 223 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 258 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 278 | 28% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
73.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +0.9pp since 2021
Math
45.4%
OH avg 56.1% . +15.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.2% | 45.4% |
| 2023-24 | 67.3% | 34.3% |
| 2022-23 | 69.4% | 31.6% |
| 2021-22 | 72.3% | 29.4% |
% 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
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 South High School
South High School's state test result (64.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| South High School this school | 995 | 42.1% | 64.1% |
| Northmont High School Clayton | 1,369 | 44.9% | 69.6% |
| Woodridge High School Peninsula | 625 | 38.2% | 62.2% |
| Streetsboro High School Streetsboro | 553 | 39.6% | 72.4% |
| Theodore Roosevelt High School Kent | 1,325 | 37.7% | 70.7% |
| Butler High School Vandalia | 856 | 39.1% | 68.5% |
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 South High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #295 of 403 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #440 of 776 ▲ 80 | #7 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #242 of 774 ▲ 114 | #5 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #169 of 742 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 995 | #141 of 888 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #487 of 739 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #150 of 749 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #226 of 435 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #103 of 484 | #2 of 8 |
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
995
-127 (-11%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 992
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 18.4:1
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 | 995 | 55.5 | 17.9:1 | 42% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 1,038 | 60 | 17.3:1 | 39% (403) |
| 2022-23 | 1,093 | 59 | 18.5:1 | 34% (368) |
| 2020-21 | 1,122 | 61 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,249 | 66.3 | 18.8:1 | 30% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 1,302 | 66 | 19.7:1 | 33% (425) |
| 2010-11 | 1,416 | 74 | 19.1:1 | 24% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 1,197 | 72 | 16.6:1 | 9% (112) |
| 1990-91 | 992 | 46 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for South High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (1,249 to 995); teachers down 16% (66.3 to 55.5).
About South High School
This page covers South High School, a large high school in Willoughby, Ohio. The latest federal count shows 995 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Ohio is about 565 students, so this school is 76% above average.
Willoughby-Eastlake City runs South High School along with 12 other schools, enrolling 6,861 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, South High School is 65% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. In Lake County overall, about 86% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at South High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
Teacher staffing is 55.5 full-time equivalents, or about 17.9 students per teacher. High schools in Ohio have a similar average ratio of 17.7:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 42%. That is close to the 39% average for public schools in Lake County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, South High School would score about 72.9%. It scores 64.1%, 8.8 points below that figure.
County data help place the school in context: in Lake County, median household income is about $80,925, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Lake County number 65 and enroll about 27,899.
The closest public school to South High School is Willoughby Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, South High School ranks 1st on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put South High School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
South High School had 1,122 students in 2020-21 and 995 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease.
To ask about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater, start a discussion on this page. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
232,216
Census ACS
Median income
$80,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
27,899 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Willoughby-Eastlake City
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,231 students
- Royalview Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Willoughby Middle SchoolMiddle · 509 students
- School of InnovationMiddle · 448 students
Other schools in Willoughby
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 543 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Willoughby Middle SchoolMiddle · 509 students
- School of InnovationMiddle · 448 students
- Northern Career InstituteHigh · 148 students
Other South High schools
13 other US public schools in 10 states are named South High. South High School is the 10th largest of the 14.
- South High SchoolColumbus, OH · 873 students
- SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 2,412 students
- South HighBakersfield, CA · 2,107 students
- South High SchoolDENVER, CO · 1,950 students
- South HighTorrance, CA · 1,734 students
Nearby schools
- Willoughby Middle School0.2 mi · 509
- Edison Elementary School0.9 mi · 543
- Northern Career Institute1.2 mi · 148
- Longfellow Elementary School1.9 mi · 432
- Royalview Elementary School2.1 mi · 689
- Willowick Middle School2.2 mi · 404
Frequently asked questions
About South High SchoolHow large is South High School?
South High School enrolls approximately 995 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does South High School serve?
South High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does South High School have?
South High School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at South High School?
At South High School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 3% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees South High School?
South High School is overseen by Willoughby-Eastlake City in Lake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.