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Washington High School

Q: Is Washington High School a good school?

Washington High School ranks 593 rd of 855 Ohio high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

593^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 855 Ohio High Schools

Better than 31% of Ohio high schools

Summary

Washington High School is a public high school located in Massillon, Ohio, serving 1,230 students in grades 9-12. Over the past 10 years, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Ohio high schools, typically in the 500-600 range out of around 800-900 schools, and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Washington High School faces several challenges, including a slightly below-average 4-year graduation rate ranging from 83.7% to 90.2% in recent years, compared to the state average of around 90-95%. The school also has a very high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 37.0% to 51.8%, which is significantly higher than the state average of around 15-20%. Additionally, the school's test scores on the Ohio State Tests are consistently below the state averages across all subject areas, with proficiency rates typically 5-15 percentage points lower than the state.

When compared to nearby high schools, such as Fairless High School and Jackson High School, both within 10 miles, Washington High School generally underperforms, with significantly higher graduation rates, lower chronic absenteeism, and much stronger test scores across all subject areas. However, the school performs relatively well for its African American and Gifted and Talented student populations, suggesting that there may be opportunities to learn from these successes and apply them to other areas of improvement.

1,211

Students ?

16.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,794

Per pupil spending ?

56.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1 Paul E Brown Dr SE
Massillon, OH 44646-7100

(330) 830-3901

District: Massillon City

Feeder schools for Washington High School:

Elementary:	Franklin Elementary School
	Gorrell Elementary School
	Whittier Elementary School
Middle:	Massillon Intermediate School
	Massillon Junior High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

63.9%

Two or more races:

13.6%

African American:

13.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 39th percentile in 2024 → 31st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Ohio average (53% vs 62% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped from its 39th-percentile peak (2024) to 31st (2025)

!Algebra I scores 16 pts below the Ohio average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school53%

District avg54%

Ohio avg62%

593^rd of 855

Ohio public high schools ?

Bottom 31%▲ up 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 21% (2015) to bottom 31% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

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
2025	36.2	593 of 855	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.7	528 of 864	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.4	535 of 867	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.1	527 of 836	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	40.9	520 of 819	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.3	532 of 836	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	41.2	548 of 800	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2017	32.2	577 of 773	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	35.4	596 of 784	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	34.3	615 of 778	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	41.5	603 of 769	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	44.8	582 of 767	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	47.8	609 of 832	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	41.4	636 of 818	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	39.9	637 of 819	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	32.1	658 of 791	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	35.6	619 of 767	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	36.4	608 of 756	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	22.8	620 of 696	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	20.1	614 of 689	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	49.7	389 of 681	42.9%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	33.5	206 of 328	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.0	202 of 318	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	54.9	130 of 323	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.7	139 of 306	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	43.6	144 of 284	49.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	54.3	134 of 303	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	43.3	148 of 279	47.0%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2022	35.7	357 of 606	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	39.0	343 of 596	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.9	443 of 628	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.2	425 of 550	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	52.1	48 of 128	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	40.6	57 of 111	48.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	37.4	575 of 809	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	40.2	541 of 798	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	48.1	486 of 813	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	44.5	494 of 794	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.5	536 of 775	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.8	553 of 781	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	36.7	537 of 751	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	70.4	64 of 244	73.8%	★★★★☆
2024	72.7	70 of 280	75.0%	★★★★☆
2023	50.9	196 of 308	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	56.8	171 of 312	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	39.3	273 of 349	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.3	247 of 272	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.5	504 of 538	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	36.4	190 of 270	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.9	200 of 273	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.4	213 of 270	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.1	225 of 260	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	35.7	164 of 239	31.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	17.7	181 of 207	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	6.9	172 of 184	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	47.6	492 of 815	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	58.3	347 of 822	57.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.6	315 of 805	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.7	293 of 773	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	60.0	267 of 763	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	58.6	337 of 779	56.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	51.9	379 of 758	50.0%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	35.7	584 of 817	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	44.8	494 of 816	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.9	568 of 819	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.4	572 of 808	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	41.3	495 of 778	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.0	503 of 792	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.6	571 of 763	25.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	26.8	202 of 254	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.7	156 of 242	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.6	165 of 239	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.1	171 of 222	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	42.8	130 of 211	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.5	145 of 208	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	20.8	168 of 201	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	24.8	502 of 617	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	38.2	339 of 598	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.2	365 of 614	40.6%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	41.0	503 of 748	32.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	49.1	437 of 754	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.9	513 of 756	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.6	472 of 749	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	38.1	482 of 727	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	42.4	499 of 739	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.7	504 of 718	29.8%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Gifted and Talented (2025)74th percentile+43 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)62nd percentile+32 vs school

Disabled (2022)41st percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)40th percentile+9 vs school

African American (2025)37th percentile+7 vs school

White (2025)33rd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)30th percentile~ school

Female (2025)29th percentile~ school

Male (2025)29th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2025)20th percentile-10 vs school

Special Education (2025)19th percentile-12 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2024-2025) ?

American Government69%-3 vs state

American History61%-10 vs state

English II59%~ state avg

Biology57%-8 vs state

Algebra I43%-16 vs state

Geometry30%-13 vs state

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by a parent
Saturday, August 13, 2016

In Massillon ,this is the only high school you can send your child to. Horrific excuse for a high school. These administrators, move their unQuailified teachers to different teaching of subjects & classes they are obviously not trained to teach . They take a football coach, make him a history teacher ,then give him ability to make decisions ,and give him the responsibility of All the children with disabilities on IEPS.
The Principle is as worst as they come. The super independent of the district Mr. Richard Goodright is the only honest upmost person that seems to car for these kids. Even if they don't play football. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Ohio State Tests American Government (2025)	Ohio State Tests American History (2025)	Ohio State Tests Biology (2025)	Ohio State Tests English II (2025)	Ohio State Tests Geometry (2025)	Ohio State Tests Integrated Math I (2025)	Ohio State Tests Algebra I (2025)	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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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 Integrated Math I End of Course	Ohio State Tests Algebra I End of Course	Total
Washington High School	Public	9-12	1 Paul E Brown Dr SE	Massillon	44646	Stark County	Massillon City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 830-3901	1,211	75	16.1		774 (63.9%)	158 (13.0%)	107 (8.8%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	165 (13.6%)	36.2	593^rd of 855 public high schools	30.6%		42.7	528^th of 864 public high schools	38.9%	65	69.3	61.0	57.3	58.6	30.0		43.0	$11,794
R G Drage Career Technical Center	Public	9-12	2800 Richville Dr SE	Massillon	44646	Stark County	Stark County Area	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 832-9856	736	40	18.4		679 (92.3%)	6 (0.8%)	17 (2.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	31 (4.2%)								(n/a)
Indian River (Irjcf)	Public	8-12	2775 Indian River Rd	Massillon	44647	Stark County	Buckeye United School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 837-4211	126	16	7.8	97.6%	24 (19.0%)	94 (74.6%)	4 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.2%)								(n/a)
Perry High School	Public	9-12	3737 13th St SW	Massillon	44646	Stark County	Perry Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 477-3486	1,456	74	19.5	43.5%	1,252 (86.0%)	48 (3.3%)	61 (4.2%)	10 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	83 (5.7%)	67.5	226^th of 855 public high schools	73.6%		69	210^th of 864 public high schools	75.7%	16	87.3	85.0	81.4	71.6	50.3		65.5	$12,053
Jackson High School	Public	9-12	7600 Fulton Dr NW	Massillon	44646	Stark County	Jackson Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 837-3501	1,881	92	20.5	21.5%	1,555 (82.7%)	64 (3.4%)	83 (4.4%)	84 (4.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (5.0%)	70.7	187^th of 855 public high schools	78.1%		81.1	73^rd of 864 public high schools	91.6%	114	87.4	90.1	85.1	85.4	72.0	0.0	85.9	$11,701
Tuslaw High School	Public	9-12	1847 Manchester Ave NW	Massillon	44647	Stark County	Tuslaw Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 837-7800	368	21	17.4	31.8%	353 (95.9%)	3 (0.8%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	77	97^th of 855 public high schools	88.7%		76.3	119^th of 864 public high schools	86.2%	22	96.0	88.3	90.6	76.7	65.5		70.5	$13,020
Stark High School	Public, Charter	9-12	1379 Garfield Ave SW Ste B	Canton	44706	Stark County	Stark High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(234) 214-4140	104	10	10.9		43 (41.3%)	34 (32.7%)	8 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (18.3%)	5.5	796^th of 855 public high schools	6.9%					(n/a)	40.0	41.2	13.3	15.4	5.6			$14,853
McKinley High School	Public	9-12	2323 17th St NW	Canton	44708	Stark County	Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 438-2712	2,047	137	14.9		628 (30.7%)	809 (39.5%)	313 (15.3%)	4 (0.2%)	7 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	286 (14.0%)	15.4	704^th of 855 public high schools	17.7%		9	747^th of 864 public high schools	13.5%	43	49.0	48.3	36.5	38.2	16.1		41.3	$16,779
Choices Alternative School	Public	9-12	521 Tuscarawas St W	Canton	44702	Stark County	Canton City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 451-3300	238	12	19.8		77 (32.4%)	91 (38.2%)	18 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	49 (20.6%)	6.2	786^th of 855 public high schools	8.1%		2.9	847^th of 864 public high schools	2.0%	61	27.3	36.7	29.4	35.7	0.0		9.1	$12,970
Summit Academy Secondary - Canton	Public, Charter	9-12	2400 Cleveland Ave NW	Canton	44709	Stark County	Summit Academy Secondary - Canton	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 453-8547	85	7	12.1		57 (67.1%)	11 (12.9%)	3 (3.5%)	2 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (14.1%)	9.7	739^th of 855 public high schools	13.6%		7.3	766^th of 864 public high schools	11.3%	27	28.6	53.3	29.4	38.9	5.3		5.6	$7,498

Frequently Asked Questions about Washington High School

Is Washington High School a good school?

Washington High School ranks 593^rd of 855 Ohio high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What schools feed into Washington High School?

Washington High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Franklin Elementary School
Elementary : Gorrell Elementary School
Elementary : Whittier Elementary School
Middle : Massillon Intermediate School
Middle : Massillon Junior High School

What is the racial makeup of Washington High School?

Students at Washington High School are 64% White, 14% Two or more races, 13% African American, 9% Hispanic.

What district is Washington High School in?

Massillon City

How many students attend Washington High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,211 students attended Washington High School.

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