Summary
Belpre High School is a 7–12 school in Belpre, Ohio, serving 387 students in the Belpre City district. Its 2025–2026 ranking is 370th of 795 Ohio schools — 53rd percentile, 3 stars — the school's highest percentile in the past decade and a clear jump from 2024–2025, when it placed 554th of 855 (35th percentile, 2 stars).
Graduation and attendance are the two areas to watch. The 2025–2026 graduation rate is 89.0%, down from 98.8% in 2023–2024 and 88.0% the year before, and it is the lowest among comparable nearby schools: Fort Frye High School and Waterford High School each report 100.0%, Marietta High School 98.4%, and Warren High School 97.6%. Chronic absenteeism is 31.6%, improved from 40.2% in 2024–2025 but still above the district's 25.2%. Belpre beats Eastern High School (45.6%) and Federal Hocking High School (39.0%), is close to Marietta (32.1%), and trails Fort Frye (17.0%), Waterford (16.4%), and Warren (18.1%).
Academically, 2025–2026 proficiency exceeds Ohio's statewide rate in American Government, American History, English II, Algebra I, and 7th- and 8th-grade math and 7th-grade ELA; it falls below in 8th-grade ELA and Science, Biology, and Geometry, where 41.4% proficiency is a persistent weak spot. The school is notably effective with some groups: male students rank in the 75th percentile and low-income students in the 78th percentile statewide (4 stars each), well above the school's overall 53rd percentile, while female students rank in the 36th percentile. Special education students rose from the 22nd to the 50th percentile. Overall, Belpre outperforms Eastern and Federal Hocking, is competitive with Marietta, and ranks above its own district, making the high school a relative bright spot locally.
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