Springfield High School

Springfield High School operates as a close-knit four-year high school in New Middletown, Ohio, part of Springfield Local. Current enrollment sits at 243 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 57% below typical.

Springfield High School is one of 14 schools operated by Springfield Local, a district that educates 5,814 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Springfield High School lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Mahoning County's rate of about 45%.

With demographic context factored in, Springfield High School sits in the top 10% of Ohio schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 58.2%; actual is 75.1%, +16.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Mahoning County indicate the typical household earns roughly $56,942 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Mahoning County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,927 students), Springfield High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Springfield Intermediate Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Springfield High School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 67.8%.

Springfield High School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Springfield High School's enrollment has contracted 21% since 2018, when it stood at 307 (now 243). White enrollment moved from 97% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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