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What's something Whitmer High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
2,113
High
DISTRICT 1,080 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTON LOCAL·NCES 390482303171
Whitmer High School
5601 Clegg Dr, Toledo, OH 43613 · (419) 473-8490 · Lucas County
GRADES 08–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,113 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
18.7:1
113 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
1,155 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 8 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 521 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 530 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 552 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 509 | 24% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
46.2%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.1pp since 2021
Math
30.8%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.2% | 30.8% |
| 2023-24 | 51.7% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.1% | 32.6% |
| 2021-22 | 48.3% | 29.4% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 Whitmer High School
Whitmer High School's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitmer High School this school | 2,113 | 54.7% | 48.3% |
| Springfield High School Holland | 875 | 52.1% | 58.5% |
| Toledo School For The Arts Toledo | 750 | 51.3% | 59.0% |
| Wayne High School Huber Heights | 1,772 | 56.3% | 48.5% |
| Central Crossing High School Grove City | 1,674 | 56.1% | 55.1% |
| Scarlet Oaks Cdc Cincinnati | 1,023 | 54.0% | 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 Whitmer High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lucas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #395 of 403 | #8 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #577 of 776 ▼ 24 | #13 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #613 of 774 ▼ 45 | #13 of 23 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #197 of 742 | #6 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,113 | #13 of 888 | #1 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #534 of 739 | #17 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #103 of 749 | #11 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.7% | #133 of 435 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #470 of 484 | #14 of 15 |
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
2,113
+26 (+1%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 2,218
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 2,113 | 113 | 18.7:1 | 55% (1,155) |
| 2023-24 | 2,229 | 109 | 20.4:1 | 59% (1,317) |
| 2022-23 | 2,247 | 116.9 | 19.2:1 | 42% (939) |
| 2020-21 | 2,087 | 126 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 2,132 | 128.9 | 16.5:1 | 44% (937) |
| 2015-16 | 2,136 | 132 | 16.2:1 | 47% (1,011) |
| 2010-11 | 2,090 | 141 | 14.8:1 | 48% (1,004) |
| 2000-01 | 2,170 | 149 | 14.6:1 | 6% (124) |
| 1990-91 | 2,218 | 159 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Whitmer High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (2,132 to 2,113); teachers down 12% (128.9 to 113).
About Whitmer High School
Whitmer High School is a high school with a street address in Toledo, Ohio. The school has 2,113 students in 2024-25 across grades 8 through 12. That puts enrollment 274% larger than the 565-student average for high schools in Ohio.
A total of 11 schools make up Washington Local, with 6,661 students enrolled.
More than half of enrollment at Whitmer High School is White: 59%. The next largest groups are 15% Black, 14% Hispanic, and 11% multiracial. The school's White share is 9 points below the 68% share among Lucas County residents. The diversity index for Whitmer High School is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 113 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 18.7:1. Across high schools in Ohio, the average ratio is 17.7:1. Of all students at Whitmer High School, 55% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 44% average for public schools in Lucas County is 11 points.
Among Ohio public high schools, Whitmer High School outscored 12%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Whitmer High School ranks in the bottom 10% of Ohio schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 48.3%. Predicted: 68.2%. Difference: 19.9 points.
Lucas County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $62,224 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Lucas County number 143, with about 73,839 students.
About 0.2 miles separate Whitmer High School from the closest public school, Jefferson Junior High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Whitmer High School ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Whitmer High School had 2,087 students in 2020-21 and 2,113 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 16.6:1 in 2020-21 to 18.7:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for Whitmer High School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lucas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
428,018
Census ACS
Median income
$62,224
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
143
73,839 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Washington Local
- Silver Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 679 students
- Shoreland Elementary SchoolElementary · 650 students
- Greenwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 511 students
- Meadowvale Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
- Washington Junior High SchoolMiddle · 504 students
- Jefferson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 496 students
Other schools in Toledo
- Start High SchoolHigh · 1,105 students
- Waite High SchoolHigh · 937 students
- Bowsher High SchoolHigh · 772 students
- Jesup W. Scott High SchoolHigh · 754 students
- Toledo School For The ArtsHigh · 750 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 700 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson Junior High School0.2 mi · 496
- Washington Junior High School0.2 mi · 504
- Autism Model School0.3 mi · 96
- Meadowvale Elementary School0.5 mi · 510
- Hiawatha Elementary School0.5 mi · 309
- Silver Creek Elementary School0.9 mi · 679
Frequently asked questions
About Whitmer High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Whitmer High School?
Whitmer High School enrolls approximately 2,113 students in grades 08-12.
What age range does Whitmer High School serve?
Whitmer High School serves students from grade 08 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Whitmer High School?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at Whitmer High School.
What is the student diversity at Whitmer High School?
Student demographics at Whitmer High School are roughly 59% White, 14% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Whitmer High School?
Whitmer High School is overseen by Washington Local in Lucas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.