Wauseon High School

Wauseon High School is a moderately sized secondary school in Wauseon, Ohio, operated by Wauseon Exempted Village. The school enrolls 526 students in grades 9 through 12.

Wauseon Exempted Village comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,717 students; Wauseon High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Wauseon High School shows that 72% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 24% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. The state averages about 17.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Wauseon High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 74.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 69.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Fulton County put median household earnings sit near $72,864, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wauseon High School is one of 22 public schools in Fulton County (combined enrollment of about 6,935 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wauseon Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Wauseon High School. On composite proficiency, Wauseon High School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 74.4%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wauseon High School has edged down 3%, going from 541 students in 2018 to 526 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 78% to 72% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Wauseon High School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.