Youngstown Rayen Early College High School

Youngstown Rayen Early College High School is one of the low-enrollment four-year high schools in Youngstown, Ohio, operated by Youngstown City, with 296 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 48% leaner than the state mean of about 565.

Youngstown Rayen Early College High School is one of 14 schools operated by Youngstown City, a district that educates 4,004 students overall.

Demographically, Youngstown Rayen Early College High School shows that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 12% White, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

In the surrounding community, census data for Mahoning County shows the typical household earns roughly $56,942 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Mahoning County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,927 students), of which Youngstown Rayen Early College High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Choffin Career Cntr, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Youngstown Rayen Early College High School.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Youngstown Rayen Early College High School has grew 22%, going from 243 students in 2018 to 296 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 71% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.

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