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
451	Highland High School	Public	9-12	1300 State Route 314	Marengo	43334	Morrow County	Highland Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 768-3101	468	34	13.7	35.3%	442 (94.4%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)	$12,920							51.6	54.9	398	53		390488003408
452	Buckeye Trail High School	Public	9-12	65555 Wintergreen Rd	Lore City	43755	Guernsey County	East Guernsey Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 489-5005	287	20	14.4	59.2%	278 (96.9%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$17,752							51.5	41.8	534	82		390696804139
453	Union Local High School	Public	9-12	66779 Belmont Morristown Rd	Belmont	43718	Belmont County	Union Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 782-1181	382	33	11.7	79.6%	369 (96.6%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	$13,594							51.5	45.3	502	49		390460102408
454	Barnesville High School	Public	9-12	910 Shamrock Dr	Barnesville	43713	Belmont County	Barnesville Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 425-3617	385	19	20.7		372 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	$13,233							51.4	53.9	415	39		390452002121
455	Milton-Union High School	Public	9-12	7640 Milton Potsdam Rd	West Milton	45383	Miami County	Milton-Union Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 884-7940	369	20	18.4	99.2%	342 (92.7%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.6%)	$12,142							51.4	55	397	58		390455102259
456	Southern High School	Public	9-12	920 Elm St	Racine	45771	Meigs County	Southern Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 949-2611	185	16	11.5		176 (95.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)	$13,275							51.4	54.1	414	42		390485303295
457	Madison High School	Public	9-12	5797 W Alexandria Rd	Middletown	45042	Butler County	Madison Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 420-4760	438	32	13.6	80.6%	406 (92.7%)	5 (1.1%)	12 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.2%)	$17,395							51.3	52.3	437	20		390461202443
458	McClain High School	Public	9-12	200 N 5th St	Greenfield	45123	Highland County	Greenfield Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 981-7731	496	40	12.4		457 (92.1%)	5 (1.0%)	10 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.2%)	$13,550							51.3	50.4	456	2		390454002203
459	Frontier High/Middle School	Public	7-12	44870 State Route 7	New Matamoras	45767	Washington County	Frontier Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 865-3441	218	19	11.2		210 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	$14,610							51.1	60.4	330	129		390504903963
460	Licking Valley High School	Public	9-12	100 Hainsview Dr	Newark	43055	Licking County	Licking Valley Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 763-3721	589	31	19	36.2%	556 (94.4%)	6 (1.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.6%)	$11,647							50.8	50	461	1		390480103078

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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.