Summary:
Zip code 45786 is home to a single high school: Waterford High School, a small school serving grades 9–12 with 163 students in Waterford, Ohio. It belongs to the Wolf Creek Local district, which is rated 3 stars and ranked 363rd of 773 districts statewide (53rd percentile). Because it is the only high school in the area, families here have one option to consider, and its small size shapes nearly everything about how it performs.
Waterford High's strengths are clear. It reports a 100% graduation rate, above the district's 98%. In 2025–2026, students scored above the state in five of six End-of-Course subjects, with especially strong results in American Government (84%), American History (83.8%), Biology (82.1%), and English II (80%). The school's state ranking improved to 299th of 795 high schools (62nd percentile, 3 stars) from 405th of 855 the prior year. Class sizes look favorable, with a student-teacher ratio of 9.8, and 43.56% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
The main concern is math, specifically Geometry, where proficiency fell from 57.5% to 25.6% — a 31.9-point drop and well below the state's 43.3%. Algebra I improved from 40% to 66.7%, now above the state but still below the district's 78.1%. Chronic absenteeism, at 16.4%, runs above the district's 13.1%, roughly one in six students. With only 163 students, year-to-year swings can be driven by small groups of test-takers, so these changes are worth monitoring rather than treating as fixed verdicts on the school.
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