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Enrollment
526
High
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUSEON EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390456402320
Wauseon High School
840 Parkview St, Wauseon, OH 43567 · (419) 335-5756 · Fulton County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
205 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 9 | 133 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 148 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 123 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 122 | 23% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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 Wauseon Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
64.5%
OH avg 59.8% . -8.0pp since 2021
Math
67.0%
OH avg 56.1% . -0.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.5% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.7% | 57.9% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 65.1% |
| 2021-22 | 72.5% | 67.7% |
% 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
69.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 Wauseon High School
Wauseon High School's state test result (69.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wauseon High School this school | 526 | 39.0% | 69.1% |
| Archbold High School Archbold | 326 | 35.0% | 83.2% |
| Clay High School Oregon | 1,107 | 44.7% | 66.7% |
| Brookside High School Sheffield Village | 415 | 55.7% | 61.9% |
| Marion L Steele High School Amherst | 1,014 | 34.1% | 77.0% |
| Napoleon Junior/Senior High School Napoleon | 743 | 44.0% | 71.4% |
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 Wauseon High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Fulton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #237 of 403 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #154 of 776 ▲ 85 | #3 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #403 of 774 ▼ 145 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.3pp | #86 of 742 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #364 of 888 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #505 of 739 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #209 of 749 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.0% | #255 of 435 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #437 of 484 | N/A |
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
526
-2 (0%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 526 | 28.8 | 18.2:1 | 39% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 536 | 28.8 | 18.6:1 | 46% (245) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 26.6 | 19.7:1 | 34% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 28 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 28 | 19.3:1 | 34% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 28 | 19.4:1 | 36% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | 30 | 20.0:1 | 27% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 32 | 19.2:1 | 8% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 32 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wauseon High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (541 to 526); teachers up 3% (28 to 28.8).
About Wauseon High School
Wauseon High School is a mid-sized high school based in Wauseon, Ohio. There are 526 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12.
Wauseon High School falls under Wauseon Exempted Village, which has 4 schools enrolling 1,717 students.
More than half of the students at Wauseon High School are White (72%). The next largest groups are 24% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. In Fulton County overall, about 89% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 42%.
Teacher count: 28.8 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 18.2:1. It is about the same as the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio. Roughly 39% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Wauseon High School is 74.1%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 69.1%.
Fulton County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $72,864 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Wauseon High School shares Fulton County with 21 other public schools.
About 0.2 miles separate Wauseon High School from the closest public school, Wauseon Middle School. The five-mile area around Wauseon High School holds 3 other public schools. Wauseon High School's average proficiency of 69.1% compares with 74.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 528 in 2020-21 and 526 in 2024-25.
Wauseon High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,240
Census ACS
Median income
$72,864
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,935 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wauseon Exempted Village
- Wauseon Primary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Wauseon Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Wauseon Middle SchoolMiddle · 382 students
Other schools in Wauseon
- Wauseon Primary SchoolElementary · 418 students
- Wauseon Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Wauseon Middle SchoolMiddle · 382 students
Nearby schools
- Wauseon Middle School0.2 mi · 382
- Wauseon Elementary School0.3 mi · 391
- Wauseon Primary School0.7 mi · 418
- Pettisville Elementary School5.4 mi · 259
- Pettisville High School5.4 mi · 208
- Pike-Delta-York High School6.9 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About Wauseon High SchoolHow large is Wauseon High School?
Wauseon High School enrolls approximately 526 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Wauseon High School serve?
Wauseon High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Wauseon High School?
Approximately 18.2:1 students per teacher at Wauseon High School.
How diverse is Wauseon High School?
Wauseon High School reports a student body of 72% White, 24% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Wauseon High School?
Wauseon High School is overseen by Wauseon Exempted Village in Fulton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.