Cambridge High School

Summary:

Cambridge High School is a public high school serving 535 students in grades 9-12 in Cambridge, Ohio, which is part of the Cambridge City School District. While the school has seen some positive trends, such as improving graduation rates, it also faces several challenges that parents should be aware of.

Cambridge High School has a predominantly white student population, with 91.21% of students identifying as white, which is significantly higher than the state average and the nearby Buffalo Campus. The school's performance on state assessments is generally below the state average, with proficiency rates ranging from 17.6% in Geometry to 60.2% in English II. Additionally, the school has experienced a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 14.2% in 2019-2020 to 36.2% in 2023-2024, which is significantly higher than the state average.

Compared to the nearby Buffalo Campus, which is part of the Mid-East Career and Technology Centers district, Cambridge High School has a higher student-teacher ratio (17.6 vs. 12.2) and a lower percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (42.8% vs. 52.12%). This suggests that the two schools may face different challenges and have different resource allocations. To improve student outcomes, Cambridge High School and the district should focus on addressing the academic and attendance-related issues, as well as exploring strategies to support underperforming student subgroups.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1401 Deerpath Dr
       Cambridge, OH  43725-9097


(740) 435-1100

District: Cambridge City

SchoolDigger Rank:
629th of 864 Ohio High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,398 Help


Feeder schools for Cambridge High School:

Elementary:    Cambridge Intermediate School
    Cambridge Primary School
Middle:    Cambridge Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.0 Help
Number of students:  488

Racial breakdown:

White:
91.8%
Two or more races:
4.3%
African American:
2.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  57.6% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Cambridge High School ranks worse than 72.8% of high schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 27.41. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Cambridge High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (91.8%), two or more races (4.3%), African American (2.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 57.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cambridge High School is 14. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cambridge High School is $12,398.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cambridge High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Cambridge High School 629th of 864 Ohio public high schools. (See Cambridge High School in the ranking list.)

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Cambridge City:

SchoolDigger ranks Cambridge City 580th of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Cambridge High School

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Rank History for all students at Cambridge High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 17.00 593rd 681 12.9%
2005 39.96 505th 689 26.7%
2006 43.29 490th 696 29.6%
2007 45.94 551st 756 27.1%
2008 33.11 633rd 767 17.5%
2009 41.95 608th 791 23.1%
2010 42.16 625th 819 23.7%
2011 46.12 610th 818 25.4%
2012 48.51 601st 832 27.8%
2013 45.91 571st 767 25.6%
2014 45.74 569th 769 26.0%
2015 35.55 609th 778 21.7%
2016 43.60 531st 784 32.3%
2017 47.71 430th 773 44.4%
2018 56.95 365th 800 54.4%
2019 50.63 469th 836 43.9%
2021 31.53 591st 819 27.8%
2022 34.63 592nd 836 29.2%
2023 28.67 631st 867 27.2%
2024 27.41 629th 864 27.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Cambridge High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 51.42 112th 222 49.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Cambridge High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 30.63 429th 614 30.1%
2024 35.34 364th 598 39.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cambridge High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.38 285th 758 62.4%
2019 48.43 463rd 779 40.6%
2021 25.37 607th 763 20.4%
2022 40.31 508th 773 34.3%
2023 23.64 633rd 805 21.4%
2024 24.21 642nd 822 21.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Cambridge High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.13 332nd 751 55.8%
2019 55.19 441st 781 43.5%
2021 21.29 629th 775 18.8%
2022 34.34 573rd 794 27.8%
2023 29.30 614th 813 24.5%
2024 25.80 619th 798 22.4%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Cambridge High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.27 252nd 550 54.2%
2019 41.90 346th 628 44.9%
2021 15.57 535th 596 10.2%
2022 26.11 461st 606 23.9%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Cambridge High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 53.29 292nd 538 45.7%
2019 60.70 119th 272 56.3%
2021 75.69 37th 349 89.4%
2023 39.96 253rd 308 17.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Cambridge High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.77 427th 763 44.0%
2019 48.39 478th 792 39.6%
2021 36.49 546th 778 29.8%
2022 35.97 567th 808 29.8%
2023 23.40 645th 819 21.2%
2024 26.30 622nd 816 23.8%
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Rank History for White students at Cambridge High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.08 354th 718 50.7%
2019 47.20 446th 739 39.6%
2021 20.51 618th 727 15.0%
2022 25.03 607th 749 19.0%
2023 17.00 646th 756 14.6%
2024 16.80 639th 754 15.3%
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Data source: test scores: Ohio Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Ohio Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Cambridge High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 956 26 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 983
1989 904 22 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 928
1990 853 23 1 3 0 n/a n/a 0 880
1991 843 16 4 1 0 n/a n/a 0 864
1992 773 32 4 7 4 n/a n/a 0 820
1993 832 38 4 6 2 n/a n/a 0 882
1994 808 42 9 3 2 n/a n/a 0 864
1995 894 45 8 2 3 n/a n/a 0 952
1996 894 45 8 2 3 n/a n/a 0 952
1997 881 51 10 3 2 n/a n/a 0 947
1998 860 39 12 2 2 n/a n/a 0 915
1999 817 35 11 2 1 n/a n/a 0 866
2000 760 33 13 5 0 n/a n/a 0 811
2001 761 29 10 3 0 n/a n/a 0 803
2002 730 36 5 3 3 n/a n/a 12 789
2003 730 36 5 3 3 n/a n/a 12 789
2004 782 37 3 4 3 n/a n/a 18 847
2005 761 43 5 4 4 n/a n/a 23 840
2006 751 46 5 7 1 n/a n/a 30 840
2007 706 47 5 8 2 n/a n/a 24 792
2008 716 43 9 8 2 n/a n/a 24 802
2009 663 39 7 8 1 n/a n/a 29 747
2010 572 32 4 8 1 n/a n/a 24 641
2011 549 38 5 5 0 0 29 0 626
2012 536 41 4 6 1 0 25 0 613
2013 521 37 4 4 1 0 21 0 588
2014 501 30 3 4 1 0 15 0 554
2015 484 23 2 9 0 0 13 0 531
2016 481 22 2 7 0 0 14 0 526
2017 443 17 4 9 0 0 20 0 493
2018 421 14 1 9 0 0 24 0 469
2019 451 15 1 6 0 0 29 0 502
2020 479 7 2 7 0 0 20 0 515
2021 497 12 1 9 0 0 26 0 545
2022 486 10 2 7 0 0 24 0 529
2023 488 9 1 12 0 1 24 0 535
2024 448 11 0 7 0 1 21 0 488

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Cambridge High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 983 46.0 21.3 0
1989 928 47.0 19.7 n/a
1990 880 45.5 19.3 n/a
1991 864 46.5 18.5 n/a
1992 820 46.0 17.8 13.8
1993 882 42.5 20.8 15.2
1994 864 49.0 17.6 15.2
1995 952 49.2 19.3 0
1996 952 49.2 19.3 0
1997 947 53.7 17.6 12.6
1998 915 48.2 19.0 11.3
1999 866 50.7 17.1 13.3
2000 811 50.2 16.2 15.3
2001 803 50.2 16.0 18.9
2002 789 47.2 16.7 23
2003 789 47.2 16.7 23
2004 847 47.7 17.8 26.7
2005 840 49.3 17.0 33
2006 840 49.4 17.0 37.8
2007 792 46.9 16.9 36.2
2008 802 37.8 21.2 n/a
2009 747 38.4 19.5 62.1
2010 641 38.0 16.8 62.1
2011 626 38.5 16.2 59.6
2012 613 37.5 16.3 58.2
2013 588 33.5 17.5 50.3
2014 554 37.5 14.7 51.4
2015 531 n/a n/a 54.8
2016 526 32.0 16.4 57.6
2017 493 32.0 15.4 64.1
2018 469 34.3 13.6 46.1
2019 502 31.3 15.9 38
2020 515 32.9 15.6 49.9
2021 545 30.7 17.7 n/a
2022 529 31.1 17.0 n/a
2023 535 30.2 17.6 42.8
2024 488 34.7 14.0 57.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Cambridge High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 983 46.0 21.3 0
1989 928 47.0 19.7 n/a
1990 880 45.5 19.3 n/a
1991 864 46.5 18.5 n/a
1992 820 46.0 17.8 13.8
1993 882 42.5 20.8 15.2
1994 864 49.0 17.6 15.2
1995 952 49.2 19.3 0
1996 952 49.2 19.3 0
1997 947 53.7 17.6 12.6
1998 915 48.2 19.0 11.3
1999 866 50.7 17.1 13.3
2000 811 50.2 16.2 15.3
2001 803 50.2 16.0 18.9
2002 789 47.2 16.7 23
2003 789 47.2 16.7 23
2004 847 47.7 17.8 26.7
2005 840 49.3 17.0 33
2006 840 49.4 17.0 37.8
2007 792 46.9 16.9 36.2
2008 802 37.8 21.2 n/a
2009 747 38.4 19.5 62.1
2010 641 38.0 16.8 62.1
2011 626 38.5 16.2 59.6
2012 613 37.5 16.3 58.2
2013 588 33.5 17.5 50.3
2014 554 37.5 14.7 51.4
2015 531 n/a n/a 54.8
2016 526 32.0 16.4 57.6
2017 493 32.0 15.4 64.1
2018 469 34.3 13.6 46.1
2019 502 31.3 15.9 38
2020 515 32.9 15.6 49.9
2021 545 30.7 17.7 n/a
2022 529 31.1 17.0 n/a
2023 535 30.2 17.6 42.8
2024 488 34.7 14.0 57.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Cambridge High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $8,970
2022 $10,737
2023 $11,198
2024 $12,398

Data source: Ohio Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Cambridge High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 469th of 836 High schoolsRanks 631st of 867 High schools
 16.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course American Government (Cambridge High School)90.364.4
 25.9%
   End of Course American Government (Cambridge City)90.364.4
 25.9%
   End of Course American Government (Ohio)77.772
 5.7%
End of Course American History (Cambridge High School)71.256.1
 15.1%
   End of Course American History (Cambridge City)71.256.1
 15.1%
   End of Course American History (Ohio)78.169.7
 8.4%
End of Course Biology (Cambridge High School)7248.5
 23.5%
   End of Course Biology (Cambridge City)7248.5
 23.5%
   End of Course Biology (Ohio)73.763.7
 10%
End of Course English II (Cambridge High School)65.950.7
 15.2%
   End of Course English II (Cambridge City)65.950.7
 15.2%
   End of Course English II (Ohio)66.260.8
 5.4%
End of Course Geometry (Cambridge High School)53.413.7
 39.7%
   End of Course Geometry (Cambridge City)53.713.7
 40%
   End of Course Geometry (Ohio)50.141.8
 8.3%
End of Course Algebra I (Cambridge High School)2532.1
 7.1%
   End of Course Algebra I (Cambridge City)40.733.3
 7.4%
   End of Course Algebra I (Ohio)61.153
 8.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students502535
 6.6%
African American159
 40%
American Indian00
Asian11
Hispanic612
 100%
Pacific Islander01
White451488
 8.2%
Two or More Races2924
 17.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients38%42.8%
 4.8%


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Cambridge High School ranks 629th of 864 Ohio high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 488 students attended Cambridge High School.

Students at Cambridge High School are 92% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% African American, 1% Hispanic.

Cambridge High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Cambridge Intermediate School
Elementary : Cambridge Primary School
Middle : Cambridge Middle School


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