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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNESFIELD-GOSHEN LOCAL·NCES 390459702393

Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School

500 N Westminster St, Waynesfield, OH 45896 · (419) 568-9100 · Auglaize County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL220 STUDENTS
Enrollment
220
High
DISTRICT 233 · STATE 565
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
165 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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
Grade 6
29
Grade 7
34
Grade 8
35
Grade 9
34
Grade 10
44
Grade 11
25
Grade 12
19
Student demographics
White
20794%
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 65%
Hispanic
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 8%
Black
84%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 17%
Two+
31%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 7%
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
Male
10849%
Female
11251%

School pathway

Feeds from
Waynesfield-Goshen Local Elementary SchoolPK05
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Test scores

Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or Above
English Language Arts
62.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +6.4pp since 2021
Math
69.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +12.9pp since 2021

What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.

Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 2024-25
Enrollment
220
-14 (-6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 19.5:1
% White
94%
was 95%
% Hispanic
1%
was 2%
% Black
4%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School

Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School is a 9-12 campus of one-room-style scale in Waynesfield, Ohio, operated by Waynesfield-Goshen Local, hosting 220 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 61% smaller than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 565 students.

Within Waynesfield-Goshen Local, which oversees 2 schools and 465 students, Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest looks like 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Auglaize County (around 48%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.5%, the actual is 65.2%, a residual of +4.7 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Auglaize County) shows that median household income runs about $78,660, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School is one of 18 public schools in Auglaize County (combined enrollment of about 7,462 students).

Waynesfield-Goshen Local Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School has contracted 6%, going from 234 students in 2018 to 220 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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Auglaize County at a glance

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Population
46,125
Census ACS
Median income
$78,660
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,462 students

Quick facts

School name
Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School
District
Waynesfield-Goshen Local
Address
500 N Westminster St, Waynesfield, OH 45896
Phone
(419) 568-9100
County
Auglaize County
Level
High
Grade range
06–12
Total enrollment
220
Teachers (FTE)
18
Student–teacher ratio
12.2:1
Free/Reduced lunch
165 (75%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
390459702393
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School
How many students attend Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School?
Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School enrolls approximately 220 students in grades 06-12.
Is Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School have?
Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School?
Student demographics at Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School are roughly 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School in?
Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School is part of Waynesfield-Goshen Local.
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