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Enrollment
580
High
DISTRICT 296 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VERMILION LOCAL·NCES 390468202669
Vermilion High School
1250 Sanford St, Vermilion, OH 44089 · (440) 204-1701 · Erie County
GRADES 08–12HIGH22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Ohio public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public high schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
258 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 133 | 23% |
| Grade 9 | 119 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 120 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 109 | 19% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). 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 Vermilion Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +10.5pp since 2021
Math
50.6%
OH avg 56.1% . +4.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 75 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 50.6% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 47.3% |
| 2022-23 | 63.1% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 64.4% | 46.1% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% 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 →
Schools most like Vermilion High School
Vermilion High School's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermilion High School this school | 580 | 44.5% | 66.6% |
| Warren County Career Center Lebanon | 586 | 45.9% | N/A |
| Vantage Career Center Van Wert | 489 | 43.8% | N/A |
| Bellevue High School Bellevue | 521 | 42.0% | 72.9% |
| New Richmond High School New Richmond | 569 | 44.5% | 64.8% |
| Carrollton High School Carrollton | 517 | 39.8% | 64.9% |
Matched among Ohio high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Vermilion High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #263 of 403 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #380 of 776 ▼ 3 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #213 of 774 ▲ 201 | #3 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #203 of 742 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #326 of 888 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #464 of 739 | #5 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.5% | #442 of 749 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #202 of 435 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #88 of 484 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
580
-124 (-18%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 908
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 20.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 580 | 33 | 17.6:1 | 44% (258) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 30 | 20.6:1 | 41% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 674 | 33 | 20.4:1 | 31% (207) |
| 2020-21 | 704 | 34 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 734 | 35 | 21.0:1 | 35% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 782 | 36 | 21.7:1 | 39% (306) |
| 2010-11 | 902 | 46 | 19.6:1 | 34% (308) |
| 2000-01 | 794 | 46 | 17.3:1 | 9% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 908 | 43 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vermilion High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (734 to 580); teachers down 6% (35 to 33).
About Vermilion High School
Vermilion High School is a mid-sized high school in Vermilion, Ohio. The school runs grades 8 through 12 and enrolls 580 students.
Vermilion Local has 4 schools and 1,613 students, and Vermilion High School is one of those schools.
White students account for 89% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 81%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 20, compared with 70 nationally.
The school has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.6 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio. The school reported 44% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Vermilion High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of Ohio public high schools.
Vermilion High School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 66.6% is 5.4 points below the 72.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Erie County, the median household earns about $71,993 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Vermilion High School, Erie County has 29 public schools.
Vermilion Digital Academy, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Vermilion High School is 7th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 580, from 704 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 20.7:1 to 17.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,581
Census ACS
Median income
$71,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
12,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Vermilion Local
- Sailorway Middle SchoolMiddle · 511 students
- Vermilion Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Vermilion Digital AcademyHigh · 11 students
Other schools in Vermilion
- Sailorway Middle SchoolMiddle · 511 students
- Vermilion Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Vermilion Digital AcademyHigh · 11 students
Nearby schools
- Vermilion Digital Academy0.0 mi · 11
- Vermilion Elementary School0.2 mi · 511
- Sailorway Middle School0.3 mi · 511
- Firelands Middle School5.9 mi · 407
- Firelands High School5.9 mi · 471
- Firelands Elementary School6.1 mi · 783
Frequently asked questions
About Vermilion High SchoolHow large is Vermilion High School?
Vermilion High School enrolls approximately 580 students in grades 08-12.
What age range does Vermilion High School serve?
Vermilion High School serves students from grade 08 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vermilion High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vermilion High School is approximately 17.6:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Vermilion High School?
Vermilion High School reports a student body of 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Vermilion High School public or private?
Vermilion High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Vermilion Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.