High Schools in Warren City

Warren City has exactly one public high school: Warren G Harding High School, serving grades 9–12 with 1,221 students at 860 Elm Rd NE. Because it is the city's only comprehensive high school, its results are effectively the entire 9–12 story for the Warren City district, which ranks 622nd of 773 districts statewide (20th percentile, 1 star).

Academically, the school improved broadly in 2025-2026. Proficiency rose in five of six End-of-Course subjects: Biology climbed from 32.0% to 48.4%, Algebra I from 18.1% to 30.1%, English II from 36.3% to 46.6%, and Geometry from 15.3% to 25.5%. American Government was the lone decline, slipping from 50.8% to 47.6%. The school's simple average rose from 33.3% to 41.9% while the state moved only from 62.0% to 63.2%, narrowing the gap from roughly 29 points to about 21. Even so, no subject exceeds 54% proficiency and all six trail the state, with Algebra I furthest behind at 30.1% versus 61.6%. Math is the clearest weak spot: Algebra I and Geometry average about 28% proficient, against roughly 49% across the four non-math subjects.

Graduation and attendance tell a more complicated story. The school's 92.9% graduation rate matches the district exactly. Yet 58.3% of students are chronically absent — about 712 of 1,221 — well above the district's 43.2%. That means most students graduate on time while a majority miss enough school to be flagged, and while fewer than half — sometimes only a quarter — demonstrate proficiency on state exams. The ranking data echoes this tension: the rank number improved from 718 to 683, but percentile fell from 16 to 14 because fewer schools were ranked, continuing a three-year slide from 21 to 14, with a 1-star rating each year. Two data gaps limit further conclusions: per-student spending is reported only for 2018-2019 ($12,709), and the free/reduced lunch percentage is unavailable.