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Elyria High School

Public Grades 9-12

647^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 795 Ohio High Schools

Better than 19% of Ohio high schools

Summary

Elyria High School in Elyria, Ohio, is a large public high school serving grades 9–12 in Elyria City Schools, with 1,540 students and a high-poverty student population; in 2025–2026 it ranked 647th of 795 Ohio high schools, placing it in the 19th percentile with 1 star. The district ranked 641st of 773 districts, in the 17th percentile with 1 star, and the school has stayed in the bottom quartile for the past decade. Although 75.11% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2023–2024, the 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was a relatively favorable 12.7, and per-student spending was mid-range.

Test scores lag the state in every subject shown, with math the clearest weakness: Geometry proficiency was 16.4% versus 43.3% statewide, and Algebra I was 29.4% versus 61.6%. American History was comparatively stronger at 68.0%, only 5.2 points below the state. Compared with nearby schools, Elyria trails Avon High School, North Ridgeville High School, Marion L Steele High School, Midview High School, and Oberlin High School in most measures, but outperforms Lorain High School in all six subjects. The graduation rate improved to 90.2% in 2025–2026, above Lorain High’s 85.4% but below Avon (99.2%), Oberlin (98.5%), Marion L Steele (98.9%), North Ridgeville (96.2%), and Midview (95.3%). Chronic absenteeism remains high at 39.0%, higher than the district’s 32.0% and much higher than Avon (14.6%), North Ridgeville (20.9%), Oberlin (20.1%), Midview (21.4%), and Marion L Steele (28.3%), though lower than Clearview High School (57.5%) and Lorain High (73.1%).

Subgroup results are also uneven: Special Education students rank at the 8th percentile with 0 stars, while English-language learners and gifted students rank in the bottom 16%. The gifted subgroup fell from the 53rd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 16th in 2025–2026. Overall, Elyria High is a large, high-poverty urban high school with persistently low statewide rankings, severe math weaknesses, and high chronic absenteeism, but its rising graduation rate and its advantage over the lowest-performing nearby urban and alternative schools are bright spots. Families should weigh these mixed signals carefully.

1,540

Students ?

12.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,355

Per pupil spending ?

75.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

601 Middle Ave
Elyria, OH 44035-5803

(440) 284-8300

District: Elyria City Schools

Feeder schools for Elyria High School:

Elementary:	Eastern Heights Elementary School
	Ely Elementary School
	Hamilton Elementary School
	Northwood Elementary School
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	Westwood Elementary School
Middle:	Eastern Heights Middle School
	Northwood Middle School
	Westwood Middle School

Racial breakdown:

White:

43.2%

African American:

19.9%

Two or more races:

19.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 21st percentile in 2016 → 19th in 2026

Strengths

✓90% graduate within 4 years

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Ohio average (48% vs 63% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (19th percentile)

!Algebra I scores 32 pts below the Ohio average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school48%

District avg50%

Ohio avg63%

647^th of 795

Ohio public high schools ?

Bottom 19%▼ down 2 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

641^st of 773Elyria City Schools among Ohio districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	22.2	647 of 795	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	25.3	650 of 855	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.9	634 of 864	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.6	619 of 867	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.1	638 of 836	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.8	636 of 819	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.5	614 of 836	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.2	595 of 800	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	21.8	633 of 773	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	32.4	620 of 784	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	33.0	622 of 778	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	43.4	585 of 769	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	43.1	595 of 767	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	55.8	537 of 832	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2011	43.4	624 of 818	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	44.2	611 of 819	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	51.4	539 of 791	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	46.6	549 of 767	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	46.3	550 of 756	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	40.0	515 of 696	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	51.0	403 of 689	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2004	31.5	517 of 681	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	28.6	212 of 296	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	33.4	208 of 328	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.9	211 of 318	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.0	192 of 323	40.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.2	194 of 306	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.3	185 of 284	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.8	174 of 303	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.0	151 of 279	45.9%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2022	17.0	538 of 606	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	14.4	549 of 596	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.3	522 of 628	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.2	430 of 550	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	19.7	114 of 135	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	32.9	86 of 128	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.8	86 of 119	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.1	101 of 112	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.4	64 of 100	36.0%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	18.4	653 of 763	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	22.9	646 of 809	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.3	630 of 798	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.8	622 of 813	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.9	636 of 794	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.7	627 of 775	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.0	599 of 781	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.8	576 of 751	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Foster Care

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	39.3	9 of 12	25.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	59.5	2 of 7	71.4%	★★★★☆
2024	41.0	6 of 15	60.0%	★★★★☆
2023	38.1	9 of 12	25.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.1	10 of 18	44.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	21.8	11 of 13	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.7	19 of 23	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.6	22 of 31	29.0%	★★☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	38.3	239 of 283	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	56.2	140 of 244	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	60.3	131 of 280	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.4	216 of 308	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.2	226 of 312	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	49.5	222 of 349	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	60.0	124 of 272	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	32.0	454 of 538	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	30.5	201 of 272	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	29.7	207 of 270	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.8	205 of 273	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.2	194 of 270	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.7	209 of 260	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.0	206 of 239	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.7	166 of 207	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.5	132 of 184	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	30.1	609 of 761	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	32.2	610 of 815	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.2	633 of 822	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.8	594 of 805	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.7	619 of 773	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.2	617 of 763	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	33.4	592 of 779	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.4	597 of 758	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	27.7	605 of 765	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	25.8	637 of 817	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.4	626 of 816	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.2	611 of 819	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.9	623 of 808	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.9	641 of 778	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.5	616 of 792	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.4	611 of 763	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	19.0	209 of 240	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	17.8	218 of 254	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	13.8	221 of 242	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	20.5	205 of 239	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.2	182 of 222	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.0	177 of 211	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.8	164 of 208	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.4	157 of 201	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	17.9	527 of 575	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	19.3	550 of 617	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.4	561 of 598	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.6	568 of 614	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	24.5	585 of 709	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	28.0	596 of 748	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.8	563 of 754	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.2	554 of 756	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.6	569 of 749	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.7	584 of 727	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.7	550 of 739	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.5	543 of 718	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2026)28th percentile+10 vs school

Hispanic (2026)26th percentile+7 vs school

Foster Care (2026)25th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2026)21st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)20th percentile~ school

White (2026)17th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2026)16th percentile-3 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)16th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2026)14th percentile-4 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)13th percentile-6 vs school

Disabled (2022)11th percentile-12 vs school

Special Education (2026)8th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?

American History68%-5 vs state

American Government60%-11 vs state

Biology58%-9 vs state

English II54%-9 vs state

Algebra I29%-32 vs state

Geometry16%-27 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Ohio State Tests American Government (2026)	Ohio State Tests American History (2026)	Ohio State Tests Biology (2026)	Ohio State Tests English II (2026)	Ohio State Tests Geometry (2026)	Ohio State Tests Algebra I (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests American Government End of Course	Ohio State Tests American History End of Course	Ohio State Tests Biology End of Course	Ohio State Tests English II End of Course	Ohio State Tests Geometry End of Course	Ohio State Tests Algebra I End of Course	Total
Elyria High School	Public	9-12	601 Middle Ave	Elyria	44035	Lorain County	Elyria City Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(440) 284-8300	1,540	121	12.7		666 (43.2%)	307 (19.9%)	262 (17.0%)	11 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	293 (19.0%)	22.2	647^th of 795 public high schools	18.6%		25.3	650^th of 855 public high schools	24.0%	3	60.5	68.0	57.8	53.7	16.4	29.4	$13,355
Black River Career Prep High School	Public, Charter	9-12	2015 W River Rd N	Elyria	44035	Lorain County	Black River Career Prep High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(440) 324-1755	182	9	20.2		78 (42.9%)	41 (22.5%)	37 (20.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (14.3%)								(n/a)							$13,026
Midview High School	Public	9-12	38199 Capel Rd	Grafton	44044	Lorain County	Midview Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(440) 748-2124	727	52	14.1	48.8%	618 (85.0%)	22 (3.0%)	51 (7.0%)	6 (0.8%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	24 (3.3%)	57.6	327^th of 795 public high schools	58.9%		68.3	211^th of 855 public high schools	75.3%	116	82.1	81.8	72.9	69.6	42.0	74.5	$13,019
Clearview High School	Public	9-12	4700 Broadway	Lorain	44052	Lorain County	Clearview Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(440) 233-6313	333	25	13.5		113 (33.9%)	48 (14.4%)	139 (41.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (9.3%)	27.5	610^th of 795 public high schools	23.3%		22.3	662^nd of 855 public high schools	22.6%	52	56.3	73.7	61.8	58.9	29.1	21.7	$21,500
North Ridgeville High School	Public	9-12	34600 Bainbridge Rd	North Ridgeville	44039	Lorain County	North Ridgeville City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(440) 327-1992	1,248	66	18.9	31.1%	1,058 (84.8%)	30 (2.4%)	99 (7.9%)	20 (1.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (3.1%)	68.3	172^nd of 795 public high schools	78.4%		71.9	162^nd of 855 public high schools	81.1%	10	88.3	90.6	79.9	76.7	51.5	72.9	$11,332
Lorain Preparatory High School	Public, Charter	9-12	2702 Elyria Ave	Lorain	44055	Lorain County	Lorain Preparatory High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(440) 201-3876	109	10	10.6		30 (27.5%)	22 (20.2%)	48 (44.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (7.3%)	0.2	794^th of 795 public high schools	0.1%					(n/a)		22.6	10.7				$9,119
Marion L Steele High School	Public	9-12	450 Washington St	Amherst	44001	Lorain County	Amherst Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	No	(440) 988-4433	1,014	53	19.3	34.1%	774 (76.3%)	27 (2.7%)	144 (14.2%)	21 (2.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (4.5%)	62.1	252^nd of 795 public high schools	68.3%		71.9	163^rd of 855 public high schools	80.9%	89	79.5	80.8	81.0	79.7	46.7	72.4	$12,914
Avon High School	Public	9-12	37545 Detroit Rd	Avon	44011	Lorain County	Avon Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(440) 934-6171	1,417	69	20.4	14.3%	1,135 (80.1%)	41 (2.9%)	122 (8.6%)	56 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (4.4%)	83.2	41^st of 795 public high schools	94.8%		83.6	47^th of 855 public high schools	94.5%	6	92.9	94.8	91.3	90.8	87.0	77.1	$10,306
Oberlin High School	Public	9-12	281 N Pleasant St	Oberlin	44074	Lorain County	Oberlin City Schools	No	(n/a)	No	No	(440) 774-1295	218	20	10.7	51.8%	113 (51.8%)	35 (16.1%)	31 (14.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (17.9%)	43.6	486^th of 795 public high schools	38.9%		45.6	511^th of 855 public high schools	40.2%	25	80.3	75.9	62.5	72.1	23.1	52.8	$21,942
Lorain High School	Public	9-12	2600 Ashland Ave	Lorain	44052	Lorain County	Lorain City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(440) 282-9191	1,773	99	17.8		353 (19.9%)	472 (26.6%)	809 (45.6%)	9 (0.5%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	126 (7.1%)	5.7	732^nd of 795 public high schools	7.9%		12.3	717^th of 855 public high schools	16.1%	15	53.0	39.9	37.9	29.7	8.5	20.2	$12,867

Frequently Asked Questions about Elyria High School

What district is Elyria High School in?

Elyria City Schools

Is Elyria High School a good school?

Elyria High School ranks in the bottom 18.6% of Ohio high schools.

What schools feed into Elyria High School?

Elyria High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Eastern Heights Elementary School
Elementary : Ely Elementary School
Elementary : Hamilton Elementary School
Elementary : Northwood Elementary School
Elementary : Westwood Elementary School
Middle : Eastern Heights Middle School
Middle : Northwood Middle School
Middle : Westwood Middle School

How many students attend Elyria High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,540 students attended Elyria High School.

What is the racial makeup of Elyria High School?

Students at Elyria High School are 43% White, 20% African American, 19% Two or more races, 17% Hispanic.

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