Summary
Wilmington High School is a public school in Wilmington, Ohio, serving grades 9–12 with 596 students as part of the Wilmington City district. In 2025–2026 it ranked 514th of 795 Ohio high schools (35th percentile, 2 stars), placing it near the bottom of its nearby peer group—only East Clinton High School ranked lower, at 571st. For comparison, Waynesville High School ranked 76th (90th percentile, 5 stars), Clinton-Massie High School 193rd (76th percentile, 4 stars), and Greeneview High School 282nd (65th percentile, 3 stars). Wilmington City ranks 534th of 773 districts (31st percentile, 2 stars).
Wilmington’s graduation rate improved to 91.3% in 2025–2026 from 87.2% in 2022–2023, but it is still the lowest among nearby traditional high schools. Chronic absenteeism fell sharply, from 42.8% in 2021–2022 to 26.4% in 2025–2026, yet it remains above the district rate of 19.2% and above every nearby school except East Clinton High School (31.6%). In End-of-Course tests, American History (75.5%) is above the state’s 73.2%, and Biology (66.9%) is essentially at the state average. American Government is the clearest weak spot at 66.5%, below the state’s 71.6% and the lowest among nearby comprehensive high schools. English II (59.5%), Geometry (40.3%), and Algebra I (59.1%) are also below state averages. The school’s trend data show big gains in Algebra I (32.6% to 59.1%), Biology (45.4% to 66.9%), and Geometry (26.3% to 40.3%), while American Government slipped from 73.8% to 66.5%.
Results vary by student group. Low-income students rank in the 52nd percentile (3 stars), above the school’s overall 35th percentile, and gifted and talented students ranked in the 77th percentile in 2024–2025 (4 stars). Male students (26th percentile) rank well below female students (47th percentile), and multi-racial students rank in the 22nd percentile. Context matters too: Wilmington’s 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio of 18.9 is higher than most nearby schools, and its per-student spending of $8,583 in 2018–2019 was the lowest among nearby traditional districts.
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