Tallmadge High School

Tallmadge High School, a reasonably sized high school in Tallmadge, Ohio, run under Tallmadge City, works with 805 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 42% above the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.

Within Tallmadge City, which oversees 3 schools and 2,507 students, Tallmadge High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tallmadge High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 7% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Tallmadge High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 78.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Summit County) logs that median household income runs about $71,622, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Tallmadge High School is one of 149 public schools in Summit County (combined enrollment of about 69,214 students).

Tallmadge Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tallmadge High School. On composite proficiency, Tallmadge High School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 802 students in 2018 compared to 805 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 89% to 79%. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.