Upper Valley Career Center

Upper Valley Career Center, a well-populated high school in Piqua, Ohio, part of Upper Valley Career Center, caters to 988 students, covering grades 6 through 12. That puts it 75% larger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.

Upper Valley Career Center is the operating authority for Upper Valley Career Center, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Upper Valley Career Center lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest reads as 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Miami County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Upper Valley Career Center lists 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. Roughly 39% of students at Upper Valley Career Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Miami County indicate median household income runs about $76,817, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Upper Valley Career Center is one of 36 public schools in Miami County (combined enrollment of about 16,719 students).

Nearest neighbor: Piqua High School, around 0.4 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.