Best High Schools in Ohio

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 855)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
611	Monroe Central High School	Public	9-12	469 Lewisville Rd	Woodsfield	43793	Monroe County	Switzerland of Ohio Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 472-0414	246	21	11.7	56.1%	234 (95.1%)	5 (2.0%)	5 (2.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$22,040							33.2	42	532	79		390486503340
612	David Anderson Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	260 W Pine St	Lisbon	44432	Columbiana County	Lisbon Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 424-3215	387	25	15.4		363 (93.8%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.4%)	$11,941							32.9	23.2	652	40		390454502221
613	Symmes Valley High School	Public	9-12	14778 State Route 141	Willow Wood	45696	Lawrence County	Symmes Valley Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 643-2371	195	18	11		187 (95.9%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	$17,130							32.1	23.3	649	36		390479603059
614	Harding High School	Public	9-12	1500 Harding Hwy E	Marion	43302	Marion County	Marion City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 223-4701	916	69	13.2		614 (67.0%)	76 (8.3%)	111 (12.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	114 (12.4%)	$13,833							31.7	24.4	643	29		390443301259
615	Circleville High School	Public	9-12	380 Clark Dr	Circleville	43113	Pickaway County	Circleville City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 474-4846	528	31	17		470 (89.0%)	13 (2.5%)	10 (1.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.1%)	$12,704							31.6	35.2	589	26		390437600398
616	Whitehall Yearling High School	Public	9-12	675 S Yearling Rd	Whitehall	43213	Franklin County	Whitehall City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 417-5100	993	53	18.7		168 (16.9%)	419 (42.2%)	309 (31.1%)	8 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	85 (8.6%)	$9,877							31.6	31.6	611	5		390450701983
617	South Point High School	Public	9-12	983 County Road 60	South Point	45680	Lawrence County	South Point Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 377-4323	317	25	12.6		255 (80.4%)	31 (9.8%)	8 (2.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	20 (6.3%)	$13,826							31.2	27.8	628	11		390479503055
618	Cleveland Heights High School	Public	9-12	13263 Cedar Rd	Cleveland Heights	44118	Cuyahoga County	Cleveland Heights-University Heights City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(216) 371-7100	1,717	110	15.6		254 (14.8%)	1,281 (74.6%)	76 (4.4%)	13 (0.8%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	88 (5.1%)	$16,304							31.1	26.7	636	18		390437900571
619	Huntington High School	Public	9-12	188 Huntsman Rd	Chillicothe	45601	Ross County	Huntington Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 663-2230	300	21	14.2		284 (94.7%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.7%)	$14,678							31	33.6	600	19		390495003615
620	Franklin Heights High School	Public	9-12	1001 Demorest Rd	Columbus	43204	Franklin County	South-Western City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 801-3200	1,398	72	19.3	71.0%	480 (34.3%)	399 (28.5%)	391 (28.0%)	22 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	103 (7.4%)	$11,176							30.9	30.7	614	6		390448001660

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Ohio State Tests American Government, Ohio State Tests American History, Ohio State Tests Biology, Ohio State Tests English II, Ohio State Tests Geometry, Ohio State Tests Integrated Math I, Ohio State Tests Integrated Math II, Ohio State Tests Algebra I test scores released by the Ohio Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 17, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Ohio Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Ohio Department of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.