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Whitmer High School

Q: Is Whitmer High School a good school?

Whitmer High School ranks 623 rd of 855 Ohio high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades 8-12

623^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 855 Ohio High Schools

Better than 27% of Ohio high schools

Summary

Whitmer High School is a public high school located in Toledo, Ohio, serving 2,229 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Washington Local School District, which is ranked 556 out of 828 districts in Ohio and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Whitmer High School has seen a steady improvement in its four-year graduation rate, increasing from 83.6% in 2022-2023 to 87.3% in 2024-2025, though this is still slightly below the state average. However, the school faces challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate ranging from 25.3% to 33.6% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. Whitmer High School's test scores on the Ohio State Tests are generally below the state averages across various subjects and grade levels, with proficiency rates ranging from 19.1% in Geometry to 67.6% in American Government, compared to the state averages of 42.8% and 72.6%, respectively.

When compared to nearby schools, Whitmer High School generally performs worse than higher-performing schools like Ottawa Hills High School and Toledo School for the Arts, but better than lower-performing schools like Jesup W. Scott High School and Skyway Career Prep High School. Whitmer High School's spending per student ($10,161 in 2018-2019) is slightly lower than the state average, but higher than some of the nearby schools, and its student-teacher ratio has increased from 18.9 in 2021-2022 to 20.4 in 2023-2024, which is higher than the ratios of some nearby high-performing schools.

2,113

Students ?

18.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,326

Per pupil spending ?

54.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

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: Declining — 41st percentile in 2015 → 27th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Ohio average (49% vs 62% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2015

!Geometry scores 24 pts below the Ohio average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school49%

District avg50%

Ohio avg62%

623^rd of 855

Ohio public high schools ?

Bottom 27%▼ down 14 pts since 2015

From bottom 41% (2015) to bottom 27% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

556^th of 828Washington 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	30.5	623 of 855	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.7	591 of 864	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	39.3	566 of 867	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.2	565 of 836	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	42.3	501 of 819	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.6	495 of 836	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.8	427 of 800	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2017	46.3	442 of 773	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2016	42.8	544 of 784	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2015	52.7	457 of 778	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2014	54.5	478 of 769	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2013	52.2	515 of 767	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2012	54.3	548 of 832	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2011	53.7	546 of 818	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2010	55.2	507 of 819	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2009	62.6	361 of 791	54.4%	★★★☆☆
2008	61.0	375 of 767	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2007	55.6	445 of 756	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2006	48.8	450 of 696	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2005	53.1	390 of 689	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2004	12.8	617 of 681	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	32.6	211 of 328	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.3	171 of 318	46.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.8	152 of 323	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	41.1	170 of 306	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	38.4	162 of 284	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	62.2	110 of 303	63.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	67.2	79 of 279	71.7%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2022	26.5	456 of 606	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	40.1	336 of 596	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.0	465 of 628	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.8	323 of 550	41.3%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2018	79.4	14 of 100	86.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	30.1	615 of 809	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.9	554 of 798	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.0	561 of 813	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.3	555 of 794	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.8	548 of 775	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	54.1	452 of 781	42.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.6	470 of 751	37.4%	★★☆☆☆

Foster Care

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2019	84.1	1 of 23	95.7%	★★★★★
2018	86.2	3 of 31	90.3%	★★★★★

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	60.9	118 of 244	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	46.8	196 of 280	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.8	239 of 308	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	45.1	228 of 312	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	53.1	191 of 349	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	55.5	148 of 272	45.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.5	460 of 538	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	38.7	183 of 270	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.9	185 of 273	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.4	172 of 270	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.8	167 of 260	35.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	34.2	169 of 239	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	41.1	139 of 207	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	54.4	92 of 184	50.0%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	29.7	622 of 815	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	39.5	548 of 822	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.5	523 of 805	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.1	498 of 773	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2021	39.5	505 of 763	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	57.3	360 of 779	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.0	278 of 758	63.3%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	29.8	619 of 817	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.2	606 of 816	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.8	558 of 819	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.9	574 of 808	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	37.4	538 of 778	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.2	501 of 792	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.5	350 of 763	54.1%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	26.5	203 of 254	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.3	173 of 242	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.2	184 of 239	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	37.7	145 of 222	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	40.6	135 of 211	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	43.1	136 of 208	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	50.8	100 of 201	50.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	23.2	518 of 617	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.4	418 of 598	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.2	466 of 614	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2025	29.5	583 of 748	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.3	551 of 754	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.2	524 of 756	30.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.8	550 of 749	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	36.8	495 of 727	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.8	437 of 739	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.1	383 of 718	46.7%	★★☆☆☆

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 (2025)52nd percentile+25 vs school

African American (2025)36th percentile+9 vs school

Hispanic (2025)32nd percentile+5 vs school

Disabled (2022)25th percentile-8 vs school

Male (2025)24th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)24th percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)24th percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)22nd percentile-5 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)20th percentile-7 vs school

Special Education (2025)16th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2024-2025) ?

American Government68%-5 vs state

American History66%-5 vs state

Biology53%-12 vs state

English II46%-14 vs state

Algebra I42%-17 vs state

Geometry19%-24 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Ohio State Tests Science (2025)	Ohio State Tests American Government (2025)	Ohio State Tests American History (2025)	Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2025)		Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2025)		Ohio State Tests Biology (2025)	Ohio State Tests English II (2025)	Ohio State Tests Geometry (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 Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests American Government End of Course	Ohio State Tests American History End of Course	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	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
Whitmer High School	Public	8-12	5601 Clegg Dr	Toledo	43613	Lucas County	Washington Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 473-8490	2,113	113	18.6	54.7%	1,249 (59.1%)	315 (14.9%)	287 (13.6%)	17 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.1%)	242 (11.5%)	30.5	623^rd of 855 public high schools	27.1%		34.7	591^st of 864 public high schools	31.6%	32		67.6	65.9					53.1	46.2	19.1	42.5	$12,326
Whitmer Virtual School	Public, Virtual	7-12	5601 Clegg Dr	Toledo	43613	Lucas County	Washington Local	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(419) 473-8490	47	0			19 (40.4%)	10 (21.3%)	11 (23.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (14.9%)								(n/a)												$2,339
Start High School	Public	9-12	2010 Tremainsville Rd	Toledo	43613	Lucas County	Toledo City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 671-3000	1,105	80	13.8		282 (25.5%)	578 (52.3%)	119 (10.8%)	4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	119 (10.8%)	5.4	799^th of 855 public high schools	6.5%		7.3	767^th of 864 public high schools	11.2%	32		37.6	36.1					23.0	24.9	7.5	6.9	$15,179
Skyway Career Prep High School	Public, Charter	9-12	3912 Sunforest Ct	Toledo	43623	Lucas County	Skyway Career Prep High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 241-5504	376	12	31.3		68 (18.1%)	255 (67.8%)	32 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.3%)	2	845^th of 855 public high schools	1.2%		4.6	812^th of 864 public high schools	6.0%	33		21.7	19.2					11.8	9.6	0.0	7.7	$10,496
Toledo Technology Academy of Engineering High School	Public	7-12	3301 Upton Ave	Toledo	43613	Lucas County	Toledo City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 671-3900	293	23	12.7		167 (57.0%)	55 (18.8%)	36 (12.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (10.9%)	84.5	40^th of 855 public high schools	95.3%		86.5	25^th of 864 public high schools	97.1%	15	95.0	100.0	97.6	70.6	77.2	75.0	56.7	85.4	85.4	70.2	88.5	$24,264
Ottawa Hills High School	Public	7-12	2532 Evergreen Rd	Toledo	43606	Lucas County	Ottawa Hills Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 534-5376	475	32	14.6		339 (71.4%)	12 (2.5%)	19 (4.0%)	81 (17.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.1%)	89.2	9^th of 855 public high schools	98.9%		89.4	8^th of 864 public high schools	99.1%	1	95.4	94.7	98.9	75.8	90.2	93.3	83.1	98.2	95.7	85.3	90.6	$16,150
Toledo Early College High School	Public	7-12	2800 W Bancroft St	Toledo	43606	Lucas County	Toledo City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 671-4800	353	18	19.6		107 (30.3%)	140 (39.7%)	47 (13.3%)	11 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	45 (12.7%)	83.1	49^th of 855 public high schools	94.3%		80.2	80^th of 864 public high schools	90.7%	31	70.5		94.4	73.2	69.8	93.0	68.9	79.7	87.4	80.6	88.6	$15,213
Jesup W. Scott High School	Public	9-12	2400 Collingwood Blvd	Toledo	43620	Lucas County	Toledo City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 671-4000	754	51	14.7		34 (4.5%)	632 (83.8%)	41 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (6.0%)	6.2	788^th of 855 public high schools	7.8%		4.7	809^th of 864 public high schools	6.4%	21		31.9	34.6					26.7	21.6	14.7	19.2	$14,679
Aerospace & Natural Science Academy of Toledo	Public	7-12	5561 Elmer Dr	Toledo	43615	Lucas County	Toledo City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(419) 671-1700	437	32	13.6		268 (61.3%)	65 (14.9%)	62 (14.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (9.2%)	64.2	273^rd of 855 public high schools	68.1%		65.4	260^th of 864 public high schools	69.9%	13	79.1	78.8	76.5	58.1	53.7	86.0	58.1	82.1	81.0	45.0	67.1	$13,383
Woodward High School	Public	9-12	701 E Central Ave	Toledo	43608	Lucas County	Toledo City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 671-6000	570	48	11.8		107 (18.8%)	317 (55.6%)	87 (15.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (9.8%)	5.9	791^st of 855 public high schools	7.5%		4	826^th of 864 public high schools	4.4%	35		41.9	31.3					25.2	18.8	11.1	16.9	$18,906

Frequently Asked Questions about Whitmer High School

What schools feed into Whitmer High School?

Whitmer High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Greenwood Elementary School
Elementary : Hiawatha Elementary School
Elementary : Mcgregor Elementary School
Elementary : Meadowvale Elementary School
Elementary : Monac Elementary School
Elementary : Shoreland Elementary School
Elementary : Silver Creek Elementary School
Middle : Jefferson Junior High School
Middle : Washington Junior High School

How many students attend Whitmer High School?

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

What district is Whitmer High School in?

Washington Local

Is Whitmer High School a good school?

Whitmer High School ranks 623^rd of 855 Ohio high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Whitmer High School?

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

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