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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Western Brown High School this year?
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Enrollment
765
High
DISTRICT 651 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERN BROWN LOCAL·NCES 390460602418
Western Brown High School
476 W Main St, Mount Orab, OH 45154 · (937) 444-2544 · Brown County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL765 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Ohio public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
420 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 237 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 221 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 155 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 152 | 20% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Based on grade levels within Western Brown Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
55.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +4.5pp since 2021
Math
40.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +8.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.4% | 40.1% |
| 2023-24 | 56.3% | 36.6% |
| 2022-23 | 54.5% | 34.5% |
| 2021-22 | 50.9% | 31.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 68% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Western Brown High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Brown High School this school | 765 | 54.9% | 52.6% |
| Laurel Oaks Cdc Wilmington | 710 | 52.0% | N/A |
| Southern Hills Career Technical Center Georgetown | 488 | 57.8% | N/A |
| Greenville Senior High School Greenville | 776 | 51.2% | 64.7% |
| Marietta High School Marietta | 995 | 56.4% | 54.0% |
| Ohio Hi-Point Bellefontaine | 586 | 52.9% | N/A |
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 Western Brown High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Brown County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #379 of 403 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #500 of 776 ▼ 2 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #533 of 774 ▼ 13 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.6pp | #234 of 742 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 765 | #225 of 888 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #634 of 739 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.1% | #693 of 749 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #131 of 435 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #216 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
765
-22 (-3%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 763
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 765 | 37 | 20.7:1 | 55% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 766 | 35 | 21.9:1 | 51% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 790 | 33.1 | 23.9:1 | 38% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 787 | 34 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 883 | 35.5 | 24.9:1 | 45% (393) |
| 2015-16 | 819 | 35 | 23.4:1 | 50% (410) |
| 2010-11 | 912 | 44 | 20.7:1 | 45% (411) |
| 2000-01 | 901 | 42 | 21.4:1 | 10% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 763 | 30 | 25.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Western Brown High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (883 to 765); teachers up 4% (35.5 to 37).
About Western Brown High School
Western Brown High School operates as a mid-sized high school in Mount Orab, Ohio. Enrollment totals 765 students across grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Ohio, the average enrollment is about 565.
Western Brown Local serves 2,604 students across 4 schools.
White students account for 96% of the school's enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 2% multiracial. Among Brown County residents, the White share is about 95%. A diversity index of 7% means there is a 7% chance two randomly chosen students at Western Brown High School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 20.7:1 is based on 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Ohio is 17.7:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 55% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Ohio public high schools, Western Brown High School outscored 24%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Western Brown High School would score about 68.1%. It scores 52.6%, a bottom-10% result among Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Brown County, the median household earns about $71,270 a year, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Western Brown High School shares Brown County with 16 other public schools.
Mt Orab Middle School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 2. Western Brown High School is 9th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Western Brown High School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 22 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 20.7 students per teacher, compared with 23.1 in 2020-21.
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Brown County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,845
Census ACS
Median income
$71,270
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
6,534 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Western Brown Local
- Mt Orab Primary Elementary SchoolElementary · 683 students
- Mt Orab Middle SchoolMiddle · 600 students
- Hamersville Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
Other schools in Mount Orab
- Mt Orab Primary Elementary SchoolElementary · 683 students
- Mt Orab Middle SchoolMiddle · 600 students
Nearby schools
- Mt Orab Middle School0.2 mi · 600
- Mt Orab Primary Elementary School0.2 mi · 683
- Williamsburg Elementary School6.9 mi · 402
- Williamsburg High School7.0 mi · 531
- Hamersville Elementary School8.3 mi · 556
- Bethel Tate High School8.4 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Western Brown High SchoolHow large is Western Brown High School?
Western Brown High School enrolls approximately 765 students in grades 09-12.
Is Western Brown High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Western Brown High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Western Brown High School?
Approximately 20.7:1 students per teacher at Western Brown High School.
How diverse is Western Brown High School?
Western Brown High School reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Western Brown High School public or private?
Western Brown High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Western Brown Local.
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