Enrollment
279
High
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY LOCAL·NCES 390496403659
Valley High School
1821 State Route 728, Lucasville, OH 45648 · (740) 259-5551 · Scioto County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
123 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Valley Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
65.9%
OH avg 59.8% . +5.6pp since 2021
Math
50.7%
OH avg 56.1% . -3.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
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
63.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
279
+21 (+8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.3:1
% White
93%
was 95%
% Hispanic
0%
was 0%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Valley High School
Valley High School is one of the tight-knit secondary schools in Lucasville, Ohio, one of the schools within Valley Local, with 279 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Valley High School sits 51% leaner than that benchmark.
Valley Local comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,023 students; Valley High School is among them.
Looking at the student body, Valley High School logs that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder consists of 5% multiracial. Compared to Scioto County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at school resources, Valley High School records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. Roughly 44% of students at Valley High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, Valley High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.2%, the actual is 63.6%, a residual of -8.5 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Scioto County) logs that median household income runs about $50,609, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Scioto County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,849 students), Valley High School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Valley Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Valley High School. On composite proficiency, Valley High School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 64.3%.
Valley High School operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 8%: 258 students in 2018 compared to 279 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.
On the community side, the feed for Valley High School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Scioto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,627
Census ACS
Median income
$50,609
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
10,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Valley Local
- Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 442 students
- Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 302 students
Other schools in Lucasville
- Scioto County Career Technical CenterHigh · 549 students
- Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 442 students
- Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Valley Elementary School0.2 mi · 442
- Valley Middle School0.5 mi · 302
- Scioto County Career Technical Center2.0 mi · 549
- Clay Middle School5.5 mi · 134
- Clay Elementary School5.5 mi · 326
- Clay High School5.5 mi · 145
Frequently asked questions
About Valley High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Valley High School?
Valley High School enrolls approximately 279 students in grades 09-12.
Is Valley High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Valley High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Valley High School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Valley High School.
How diverse is Valley High School?
Valley High School reports a student body of 93% White, 0% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Valley High School public or private?
Valley High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Valley Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.