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Whitmer High School

Public Grades 9-12
575th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 795 Ohio High Schools
Better than 28% of Ohio high schools
Summary

Whitmer High School is a comprehensive 9–12 school on Clegg Drive in Toledo, Ohio, and with 2,113 students it is the only traditional high school in the Washington Local district — by far the largest school in its local comparison group. On the state's measures it currently sits below the middle of Ohio high schools, ranking 575th of 795 (28th percentile, 1 star) in 2025-2026, with its district rated similarly. That reflects Ohio's statewide distribution rather than Whitmer's standing among nearby options, and it follows a long slide from the 47th percentile in 2017-2018 before leveling off in the last two years.

Against the other large Toledo City high schools, Whitmer is clearly ahead. Its 84.7% graduation rate beats the Toledo City district's 80.7% and far outpaces Woodward High School (69.2%), Jesup W. Scott High School (74.6%), and Start High School (78.8%). Chronic absenteeism is the standout story: it fell from 44.8% in 2021-2022 to 23.6% in 2025-2026 — a near-halving — versus 53.0% at Start, 53.6% at Woodward, and 49.7% at Scott. Test scores also rose in five of six subjects, an average gain of about 7 points, and American History proficiency (74.9%) now tops the state's 73.2%. Mathematics is the weak spot: Geometry proficiency is 24.3% against a 43.3% state rate, a gap of nearly 19 points.

Two resource facts stand out. Whitmer's student-teacher ratio is 18.6 — higher than most nearby schools — and its per-student spending of $10,161 (2018-2019 data) is the second-lowest reported in the group, well below Ottawa Hills High School's $14,570. Among student groups, Gifted and Talented students rank at the 64th percentile and low-income students climbed from the 24th to the 38th percentile in a year, while Special Education students sit at the 17th percentile. The highest-performing neighbors — Toledo Technology Academy, Toledo Early College, and Toledo Pre-Medical and Health Science Academy — are only 2.7 to 3.8 miles away but enroll just 261–353 students each, so they cannot absorb Whitmer's scale.

2,113
Students ?
18.6
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,326
Per pupil spending ?
54.7%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 5601 Clegg Dr
       Toledo, OH  43613-2022

(419) 473-8490

District: Washington Local

Racial breakdown:

White:
59.1%
African American:
14.9%
Hispanic:
13.6%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 31st percentile in 2016 → 28th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Ohio average (56% vs 63% meeting standards)
!Geometry scores 19 pts below the Ohio average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school56%
District avg58%
Ohio avg63%
575th of 795
Ohio public high schools ?
Bottom 28%▼ down 3 pts since 2016
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
571st of 773Washington Local 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202632.9575 of 79527.7%★☆☆☆☆
202530.5623 of 85527.1%★☆☆☆☆
202434.7591 of 86431.6%★★☆☆☆
202339.3566 of 86734.7%★★☆☆☆
202237.2565 of 83632.4%★★☆☆☆
202142.3501 of 81938.8%★★☆☆☆
201948.6495 of 83640.8%★★☆☆☆
201850.8427 of 80046.6%★★☆☆☆
201746.3442 of 77342.8%★★☆☆☆
201642.8544 of 78430.6%★★☆☆☆
201552.7457 of 77841.3%★★☆☆☆
201454.5478 of 76937.8%★★☆☆☆
201352.2515 of 76732.9%★★☆☆☆
201254.3548 of 83234.1%★★☆☆☆
201153.7546 of 81833.3%★★☆☆☆
201055.2507 of 81938.1%★★☆☆☆
200962.6361 of 79154.4%★★★☆☆
200861.0375 of 76751.1%★★★☆☆
200755.6445 of 75641.1%★★☆☆☆
200648.8450 of 69635.3%★★☆☆☆
200553.1390 of 68943.4%★★☆☆☆
200412.8617 of 6819.4%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202634.8194 of 29634.5%★★☆☆☆
202532.6211 of 32835.7%★★☆☆☆
202442.3171 of 31846.2%★★☆☆☆
202346.8152 of 32352.9%★★★☆☆
202241.1170 of 30644.4%★★☆☆☆
202138.4162 of 28443.0%★★☆☆☆
201962.2110 of 30363.7%★★★☆☆
201867.279 of 27971.7%★★★★☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202226.5456 of 60624.8%★☆☆☆☆
202140.1336 of 59643.6%★★☆☆☆
201930.0465 of 62826.0%★☆☆☆☆
201837.8323 of 55041.3%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
201879.414 of 10086.0%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202638.8543 of 76328.8%★☆☆☆☆
202530.1615 of 80924.0%★☆☆☆☆
202437.9554 of 79830.6%★★☆☆☆
202338.0561 of 81331.0%★★☆☆☆
202236.3555 of 79430.1%★★☆☆☆
202134.8548 of 77529.3%★☆☆☆☆
201954.1452 of 78142.1%★★☆☆☆
201843.6470 of 75137.4%★★☆☆☆

Foster Care

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
201984.11 of 2395.7%★★★★★
201886.23 of 3190.3%★★★★★

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202666.7103 of 28363.6%★★★☆☆
202560.9118 of 24451.6%★★★☆☆
202446.8196 of 28030.0%★★☆☆☆
202343.8239 of 30822.4%★☆☆☆☆
202245.1228 of 31226.9%★☆☆☆☆
202153.1191 of 34945.3%★★☆☆☆
201955.5148 of 27245.6%★★☆☆☆
201830.5460 of 53814.5%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202646.4171 of 27237.1%★★☆☆☆
202538.7183 of 27032.2%★★☆☆☆
202436.9185 of 27332.2%★★☆☆☆
202340.4172 of 27036.3%★★☆☆☆
202238.8167 of 26035.8%★★☆☆☆
202134.2169 of 23929.3%★☆☆☆☆
201941.1139 of 20732.9%★★☆☆☆
201854.492 of 18450.0%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202645.7474 of 76137.7%★★☆☆☆
202529.7622 of 81523.7%★☆☆☆☆
202439.5548 of 82233.3%★★☆☆☆
202340.5523 of 80535.0%★★☆☆☆
202242.1498 of 77335.6%★★☆☆☆
202139.5505 of 76333.8%★★☆☆☆
201957.3360 of 77953.8%★★★☆☆
201860.0278 of 75863.3%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202632.6576 of 76524.7%★☆☆☆☆
202529.8619 of 81724.2%★☆☆☆☆
202429.2606 of 81625.7%★☆☆☆☆
202337.8558 of 81931.9%★★☆☆☆
202234.9574 of 80829.0%★☆☆☆☆
202137.4538 of 77830.8%★★☆☆☆
201945.2501 of 79236.7%★★☆☆☆
201852.5350 of 76354.1%★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202636.9166 of 24030.8%★★☆☆☆
202526.5203 of 25420.1%★☆☆☆☆
202432.3173 of 24228.5%★☆☆☆☆
202328.2184 of 23923.0%★☆☆☆☆
202237.7145 of 22234.7%★★☆☆☆
202140.6135 of 21136.0%★★☆☆☆
201943.1136 of 20834.6%★★☆☆☆
201850.8100 of 20150.2%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202624.8479 of 57516.7%★☆☆☆☆
202523.2518 of 61716.0%★☆☆☆☆
202430.4418 of 59830.1%★★☆☆☆
202327.2466 of 61424.1%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202636.1512 of 70927.8%★☆☆☆☆
202529.5583 of 74822.1%★☆☆☆☆
202433.3551 of 75426.9%★☆☆☆☆
202337.2524 of 75630.7%★★☆☆☆
202232.8550 of 74926.6%★☆☆☆☆
202136.8495 of 72731.9%★★☆☆☆
201948.8437 of 73940.9%★★☆☆☆
201845.1383 of 71846.7%★★☆☆☆
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)
Foster Care (2019)96th percentile+55 vs school
English Language Learner (2018)86th percentile+39 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2026)64th percentile+36 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)38th percentile+10 vs school
Hispanic (2026)37th percentile+9 vs school
African American (2026)34th percentile+7 vs school
Multi-racial (2026)31st percentile+3 vs school
Female (2026)29th percentile~ school
White (2026)28th percentile~ school
Disabled (2022)25th percentile-8 vs school
Male (2026)25th percentile-3 vs school
Special Education (2026)17th percentile-11 vs school
By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?
American History75%~ state avg
American Government67%-5 vs state
Biology59%-8 vs state
English II57%-6 vs state
Algebra I56%-5 vs state
Geometry24%-19 vs state

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Students at Whitmer High School are 59% White, 15% African American, 14% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races.

Whitmer High School ranks 575th of 795 Ohio high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 2,113 students attended Whitmer High School.

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2017–18 through 2025–26 immunization ratesNewOct 19, 2026
2025–26 attendance data & graduation ratesSep 15, 2026
2025–26 Ohio State Tests scoresSep 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJan 6, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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