High Schools in Kent City

Kent City, Ohio is served by a single public high school — Theodore Roosevelt High School, a comprehensive 9–12 campus at 1400 N Mantua St in Kent with 1,325 students. Because the Kent City district lists only this one high school, it enrolls essentially all of the district's high schoolers, so school-versus-district comparisons are largely the school measured against itself.

Academically, the school is clearly above the Ohio average in every tested subject — American Government, American History, Biology, English II, Geometry and Algebra I — with proficiency margins ranging from roughly 11 to 19 points over the state. All six subjects improved year over year, including a roughly 20-point jump in Algebra I. In 2025–2026 the school earned 4 stars and ranked 140th of 795 schools, the 82nd percentile and its best position in three years, following a dip to the 64th percentile the year before. Math is both the weakest area (Geometry 62.1%, Algebra I 72.7%) and the fastest improving; Algebra I trails the district by 6.3 points. Social studies and science are the relative strengths.

Graduation stands at 97.3%, slightly above the district's 96.9%. The clearest concern is chronic absenteeism: 32.0% of students, versus 24.3% district-wide — nearly a third of the student body, even as overall outcomes look strong. About 37.66% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch (2024–2025), and the student-teacher ratio is 19.7, a relatively lean figure for a school this size. The only spending figure available is $11,449 per student from 2018–2019, seven years older than the current test scores and too dated to reflect current funding.