Wickliffe Upper School

Wickliffe Upper School, a moderately sized high school in Wickliffe, Ohio, overseen by Wickliffe City, caters to 586 students, covering grades 7 through 12.

Wickliffe City comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 1,228 students; Wickliffe Upper School is among them.

Demographically, Wickliffe Upper School shows that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment; the rest looks like 17% Black, 11% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Lake County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Lake County's rate of about 39%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Wickliffe Upper School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 67.9%; actual is 52.8%, a gap of -15.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for Lake County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,925 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lake County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,899 students), of which Wickliffe Upper School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Wickliffe Lower School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Wickliffe Upper School comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 63.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 34%: 436 students in 2018 compared to 586 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 68% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.