Enrollment
203
High
DISTRICT 265 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERLOO LOCAL·NCES 390492403542
Waterloo High School
1464 Industry Rd, Atwater, OH 44201 · (330) 947-2124 · Portage County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL203 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
97 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 Waterloo Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
57.4%
OH avg 59.8% . -6.7pp since 2021
Math
55.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +6.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 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
66.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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
203
-128 (-39%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 16.0:1
% White
91%
was 95%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Waterloo High School
Waterloo High School is one of the micro-enrollment 9-12 campuss in Atwater, Ohio, operated by Waterloo Local, with 203 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 64% leaner than typical.
Within Waterloo Local, which oversees 3 schools and 796 students, Waterloo High School is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Waterloo High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest breaks down as 4% multiracial.
On the resource side, On paper, Waterloo High School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting Waterloo High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Portage County's rate of about 38%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Waterloo High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.8%, the actual is 66.0%, a residual of -4.8 points.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Portage County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $75,766 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Portage County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,638 students), Waterloo High School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Waterloo Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Waterloo High School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 65.9%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 39%: 331 students in 2018 compared to 203 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Waterloo High School typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Portage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
161,956
Census ACS
Median income
$75,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
48
19,638 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Waterloo Local
- Waterloo Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Waterloo Middle SchoolMiddle · 131 students
Other schools in Atwater
- Waterloo Elementary SchoolElementary · 462 students
- Waterloo Middle SchoolMiddle · 131 students
Nearby schools
- Waterloo Middle School0.0 mi · 131
- Waterloo Elementary School0.0 mi · 462
- Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School5.6 mi · 229
- Rootstown Elementary School5.7 mi · 406
- Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School5.7 mi · 282
- Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School5.8 mi · 935
Frequently asked questions
About Waterloo High SchoolHow large is Waterloo High School?
Waterloo High School enrolls approximately 203 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Waterloo High School serve?
Waterloo High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Waterloo High School have?
Waterloo High School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
How diverse is Waterloo High School?
Waterloo High School reports a student body of 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Waterloo High School in?
Waterloo High School is part of Waterloo Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.