Wooster High School

Wooster High School is a 9-12 campus of expansive scale in Wooster, Ohio, overseen by Wooster City, hosting 1,182 students in grades 8 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 109% larger than the state mean of about 565.

Within Wooster City, which oversees 7 schools and 3,222 students, Wooster High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Wooster High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Other groups include 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Wooster High School has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Wooster High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.5%, the actual is 61.4%, a residual of -10.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Wayne County shows median household earnings sit near $73,574, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wooster High School is one of 45 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 14,479 students).

Kean Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wooster High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 64.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wooster High School's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,283 (now 1,182). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.