Wayne High School

Wayne High School is one of the sizable four-year high schools in Huber Heights, Ohio, operated by Huber Heights City, with 1,772 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 565 students each, so Wayne High School sits 214% bigger than that benchmark.

Wayne High School is one of 9 schools operated by Huber Heights City, a district that serves 5,815 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Wayne High School logs that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% Black, 12% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Wayne High School has 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Montgomery County's rate of about 42%.

After controlling for student poverty, Wayne High School is in the bottom 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 67.5%; Wayne High School posts 48.5%, -19.0 points below that line.

In the broader community, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,139 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,487 students), of which Wayne High School is one.

The closest other public school is Robert H Studebaker, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wayne High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wayne High School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 51.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Wayne High School's enrollment has grew 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,645 (now 1,772). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 55% to 50% over that span.

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