Enrollment
174
High
DISTRICT 240 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRIGHT LOCAL·NCES 390476102928
Whiteoak High School
44 North High Street, Mowrystown, OH 45155 · (937) 442-2241 · Highland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL174 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
10.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
171 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 47 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 58 | 33% |
| Grade 11 | 35 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 34 | 20% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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 Bright Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
50.9%
OH avg 59.8% . -18.5pp since 2021
Math
42.7%
OH avg 56.1% . -9.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 19 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 28.1% |
| 2021-22 | 69.4% | 52.0% |
% 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
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Whiteoak High School
Whiteoak High School's state test result (54.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteoak High School this school | 174 | 98.3% | 54.0% |
| Danbury High School Lakeside Marblehead | 172 | 98.3% | 71.1% |
| Columbiana County Lisbon | 180 | 98.3% | N/A |
| Jackson-Milton High School North Jackson | 170 | 98.2% | 80.8% |
| Allen East High School Harrod | 253 | 98.8% | 72.5% |
| Bradford High School Bradford | 244 | 98.8% | 49.5% |
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 Whiteoak High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #370 of 403 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #475 of 776 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #576 of 774 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.9pp | #8 of 742 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 174 | #775 of 888 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #33 of 435 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #125 of 484 |
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
174
-1 (-1%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 331
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 174 | 16 | 10.9:1 | 98% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 166 | 15 | 11.1:1 | 98% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 173 | 11.5 | 15.0:1 | 77% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 175 | 12 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 213 | 12.4 | 17.2:1 | 85% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 197 | 11 | 17.9:1 | 81% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 182 | 14 | 13.0:1 | 76% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 428 | 24 | 17.8:1 | 20% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 331 | 18 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whiteoak High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (213 to 174); teachers up 29% (12.4 to 16).
About Whiteoak High School
Whiteoak High School is a public very small high school in Mowrystown, Ohio. Federal data show 174 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. Across high schools in Ohio, the average enrollment is about 565.
Whiteoak High School is one school in Bright Local, a system of 3 schools with 719 students.
Roughly 95% of students at Whiteoak High School are White. Other groups include 2% Hispanic. Highland County residents are about 95% White, a similar share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Whiteoak High School scores 9%.
Staffing at Whiteoak High School comes to 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.9:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Ohio is 17.7:1. Whiteoak High School counts 98% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 66% average among public schools in Highland County.
Among Ohio public high schools, Whiteoak High School outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.7% for Whiteoak High School. The school posts 54.0%, 2.3 points above the prediction.
The county, Highland County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $65,785, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 18 public schools and about 6,468 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, Whiteoak Junior High School, is the closest to Whiteoak High School. Whiteoak High School has 2 other public schools within five miles. Whiteoak High School comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, Whiteoak High School enrolled 175; in 2024-25, 174. Students per teacher dropped from 14.6 in 2020-21 to 10.9 in 2024-25.
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Highland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,517
Census ACS
Median income
$65,785
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
6,468 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bright Local
- Bright Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Whiteoak Junior High SchoolMiddle · 113 students
Nearby schools
- Whiteoak Junior High School0.0 mi · 113
- Sardinia Elementary School3.8 mi · 274
- Bright Elementary School5.1 mi · 432
- Eastern High School6.0 mi · 259
- Eastern MS6.1 mi · 254
- Mt Orab Primary Elementary School10.0 mi · 683
Frequently asked questions
About Whiteoak High SchoolHow large is Whiteoak High School?
Whiteoak High School enrolls approximately 174 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Whiteoak High School serve?
Whiteoak High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Whiteoak High School?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at Whiteoak High School.
What is the student diversity at Whiteoak High School?
Student demographics at Whiteoak High School are roughly 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Whiteoak High School public or private?
Whiteoak High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bright Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.