Tuslaw High School
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Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveWhat this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Tuslaw High School
Located at 1847 Manchester Ave NW, in Massillon, Ohio, Tuslaw High School is a modestly sized senior high that teaches 368 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Tuslaw Local. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Tuslaw High School sits 35% leaner than that benchmark.
Across the 3 schools in Tuslaw Local (1,282 students total), Tuslaw High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, Tuslaw High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). The remainder reads as 2% multiracial. By comparison, Stark County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, Tuslaw High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 76.8%; this one delivers 79.5%.
In the surrounding community, Stark County reports that median household income runs about $67,934, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Tuslaw High School is one of 101 public schools in Stark County (combined enrollment of about 53,798 students).
The closest other public school is Tuslaw Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Tuslaw High School comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 79.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tuslaw High School has decreased 10%, going from 409 students in 2018 to 368 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Stark County at a glance
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- Tuslaw Elementary SchoolElementary · 482 students
- Tuslaw Middle SchoolMiddle · 432 students
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- Jackson Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,313 students
- Washington High SchoolHigh · 1,211 students
- Massillon Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Strausser Elementary SchoolElementary · 819 students
- Tuslaw Middle School0.1 mi · 432
- Tuslaw Elementary School0.2 mi · 482
- Massillon Junior High School2.6 mi · 607
- Massillon Intermediate School2.6 mi · 900
- Gorrell Elementary School2.9 mi · 338
- Whittier Elementary School4.7 mi · 366