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.