Summary:
Defiance High School is a public high school located in Defiance, Ohio, serving 709 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Defiance City School District, which is ranked 502 out of 835 districts in Ohio and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Defiance High School faces several challenges, including a diverse student population with a higher percentage of Hispanic (26.66%) and African American (6.35%) students compared to nearby schools. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Ohio high schools, ranking between 444 and 549 out of 800-867 schools over the past 10 years, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. However, the school performs better in some student subgroups, such as African American students (top 3 stars), but lower for Hispanic students (bottom 1 star) and low socioeconomic status students (bottom 1 star). Defiance High School has shown improvement in its four-year graduation rates, increasing from 95.2% in 2020-2021 to 99.4% in 2022-2023, but has also experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 9.8% in 2019-2020 to 25.0% in 2022-2023.
Compared to nearby schools, such as Stryker High School, Miller City High School, and Napoleon Junior/Senior High School, Defiance High School generally performs worse on state assessments, with lower proficiency rates in subjects like Algebra I, Geometry, and English II. However, it performs better than the state average in Biology. Additionally, Defiance High School has a relatively high percentage of students (45.42%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, which is a proxy for low socioeconomic status, and its spending per student ($9,562 in 2018-2019) is lower than some of the higher-performing nearby schools.
Detail:
Public 9-12
District:
Defiance City
SchoolDigger Rank:
549th of 867 Ohio High Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,068
Feeder schools for Defiance High School:
Student/teacher ratio: 15.9
Number of students: 709
Racial breakdown:
White:
63.6%
Hispanic:
26.7%
African American:
6.3%
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Two or more races:
3.1%
Asian:
0.3%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 45.4%
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