High Schools in Ashland

Ashland has one high school, Ashland High, serving grades 9–12 with 69 students. There is no other high school in the list to compare it with, so the clearest picture comes from its results against state and district figures. The most important finding is that its 2025–26 proficiency rates were above the state’s in all three reported subjects: 67% in English language arts (ELA), 67% in mathematics, and 62% in science, compared with 46%, 41%, and 38% statewide.

Ashland High’s strongest state comparison was in mathematics, where it was ahead by 26 percentage points; its advantages were 23 points in science and 21 in ELA. It also exceeded district results in every subject, by 13 points in mathematics, 20 in science, and 18 in ELA. The contrast is less favorable for graduation: in 2023–24, 87% of students graduated, compared with 90% statewide, a 3-point shortfall. Chronic absenteeism was a mixed comparison in 2025–26: 17% was 1 point below the state rate but 3 points above the district rate.

Results rose sharply in the two subjects with year-to-year figures. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Ashland High gained 22 points in ELA and 12 in mathematics, while state results rose by 1 and 2 points; the school’s state advantage widened by 20 points in ELA and 9 in mathematics. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking also improved, from 248th of 318 schools in 2023–24 to 54th of 332 in 2024–25 and 2nd of 340 in 2025–26; its reported percentile rose from 22 to 84 to 99. The school’s 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 10.7, and its free/reduced-lunch rate was 59%. These are context figures, not explanations of the results. Because the list contains only one school, it cannot show how school characteristics or results compare across local high schools.