Circleville High School

Summary:

Circleville High School is a public high school serving 615 students in grades 9-12 in Circleville, Ohio. The school is part of the Circleville City School District, which is ranked 543 out of 839 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Circleville High School has a predominantly white student population, with 89.27% of students identifying as white, which is significantly higher than the state average and the racial makeup of nearby schools like Fairfield Career Center and Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by state test scores, is generally below the state average, with proficiency rates ranging from 29.4% in Algebra I to 63% in American Government, compared to state averages of 55.9% and 69.1%, respectively. However, the school has maintained a relatively high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 89% to 94.2% over the past five years.

One concerning trend at Circleville High School is the significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 17% in the 2019-2020 school year to 55.5% in the 2021-2022 school year. This may be impacting the school's academic performance. Additionally, the school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with the school's ranking for female students generally higher than for male students, and the school's ranking for low socioeconomic status students also relatively higher compared to other subgroups. The school's statewide ranking has also declined over the past several years, from a high of 385 out of 773 Ohio high schools in the 2016-2017 school year to a low of 589 out of 864 in the 2023-2024 school year.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 380 Clark Dr
       Circleville, OH  43113-1517


(740) 474-4846

District: Circleville City

SchoolDigger Rank:
589th of 864 Ohio High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,216 Help


Feeder schools for Circleville High School:

Elementary:    Circleville Elementary School
Middle:    Circleville Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  21.0 Help
Number of students:  588

Racial breakdown:

White:
90.3%
Two or more races:
5.1%
Hispanic:
2.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  99.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Circleville High School ranks worse than 68.2% of high schools in Ohio. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 35.19. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Circleville 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 (90.3%), two or more races (5.1%), Hispanic (2%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Circleville High School is 21. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Circleville High School is $12,216.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Circleville High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Circleville High School 589th of 864 Ohio public high schools. (See Circleville High School in the ranking list.)

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Circleville City:

SchoolDigger ranks Circleville City 543rd of 839 Ohio school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Circleville High School

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Rank History for all students at Circleville High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 32.88 505th 681 25.8%
2005 34.76 537th 689 22.1%
2006 28.40 593rd 696 14.8%
2007 33.46 626th 756 17.2%
2008 33.16 632nd 767 17.6%
2009 48.04 567th 791 28.3%
2010 43.79 613th 819 25.2%
2011 43.98 622nd 818 24.0%
2012 50.06 585th 832 29.7%
2013 45.41 575th 767 25.0%
2014 45.19 571st 769 25.7%
2015 53.01 453rd 778 41.8%
2016 48.63 469th 784 40.2%
2017 51.18 385th 773 50.2%
2018 48.83 464th 800 42.0%
2019 47.41 514th 836 38.5%
2021 48.21 435th 819 46.9%
2022 39.42 541st 836 35.3%
2023 41.16 547th 867 36.9%
2024 35.19 589th 864 31.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Circleville High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 28.01 173rd 222 22.1%
2024 20.61 200th 242 17.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Circleville High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 26.63 472nd 614 23.1%
2024 32.23 392nd 598 34.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Circleville High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.60 473rd 758 37.6%
2019 42.65 516th 779 33.8%
2021 53.35 351st 763 54.0%
2022 39.90 511th 773 33.9%
2023 59.36 323rd 805 59.9%
2024 49.25 446th 822 45.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Circleville High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.98 458th 751 39.0%
2019 53.25 469th 781 39.9%
2021 46.11 461st 775 40.5%
2022 45.33 485th 794 38.9%
2023 46.14 503rd 813 38.1%
2024 41.43 531st 798 33.5%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Circleville High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.52 353rd 550 35.8%
2019 38.25 377th 628 40.0%
2021 26.17 464th 596 22.1%
2022 23.09 489th 606 19.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Circleville High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.07 453rd 538 15.8%
2019 57.75 135th 272 50.4%
2021 55.52 171st 349 51.0%
2022 48.48 210th 312 32.7%
2023 60.79 153rd 308 50.3%
2024 52.17 177th 280 36.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Circleville High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.48 533rd 763 30.1%
2019 41.59 541st 792 31.7%
2021 50.21 404th 778 48.1%
2022 33.46 582nd 808 28.0%
2023 36.60 565th 819 31.0%
2024 28.34 611th 816 25.1%
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Rank History for White students at Circleville High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools OH State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.66 541st 718 24.7%
2019 38.50 527th 739 28.7%
2021 38.55 472nd 727 35.1%
2022 30.12 566th 749 24.4%
2023 30.06 576th 756 23.8%
2024 24.74 609th 754 19.2%
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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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Circleville High School Test Scores
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Data source: Ohio Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Circleville High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 562 8 3 3 0 n/a n/a 0 576
1989 733 11 6 2 1 n/a n/a 0 753
1990 686 11 6 2 1 n/a n/a 0 706
1991 693 9 7 3 0 n/a n/a 0 712
1992 706 13 8 3 1 n/a n/a 0 731
1993 706 9 7 4 1 n/a n/a 0 727
1994 702 10 6 6 1 n/a n/a 0 725
1995 689 10 6 3 1 n/a n/a 0 709
1996 689 10 6 3 1 n/a n/a 0 709
1997 674 13 4 2 1 n/a n/a 0 694
1998 698 17 5 4 0 n/a n/a 0 724
1999 666 18 6 2 0 n/a n/a 0 692
2000 692 15 7 2 0 n/a n/a 0 716
2001 723 10 6 2 0 n/a n/a 0 741
2002 721 13 6 3 0 n/a n/a 7 750
2003 721 13 6 3 0 n/a n/a 7 750
2004 699 19 6 7 0 n/a n/a 8 739
2005 709 16 6 4 0 n/a n/a 8 743
2006 722 12 4 4 2 n/a n/a 7 751
2007 719 9 5 3 2 n/a n/a 10 748
2008 679 11 6 2 2 n/a n/a 7 707
2009 696 13 4 6 3 n/a n/a 11 733
2010 630 12 5 6 1 n/a n/a 11 665
2011 612 10 9 7 1 0 10 0 649
2012 595 14 4 7 1 0 15 0 636
2013 577 10 4 5 3 0 21 0 620
2014 536 3 6 6 4 0 25 0 580
2015 526 8 5 5 3 0 26 0 573
2016 528 11 11 14 3 0 25 0 592
2017 513 11 11 15 2 1 22 0 575
2018 509 10 10 18 0 1 19 0 567
2019 496 13 8 20 2 2 21 0 562
2020 551 9 8 22 2 2 26 0 620
2021 569 5 9 18 2 1 29 0 633
2022 563 8 7 15 2 2 30 0 627
2023 549 8 5 15 1 0 37 0 615
2024 531 10 4 12 1 0 30 0 588

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 Circleville High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 576 35.0 16.4 0
1989 753 39.0 19.3 n/a
1990 706 38.0 18.5 n/a
1991 712 37.0 19.2 n/a
1992 731 37.0 19.7 10.5
1993 727 31.7 22.9 11.6
1994 725 33.0 22.0 9.4
1995 709 33.5 21.2 9
1996 709 33.5 21.2 9
1997 694 29.8 23.3 8.1
1998 724 31.9 22.7 7.3
1999 692 31.6 21.9 11.1
2000 716 32.4 22.1 10.5
2001 741 34.9 21.2 10
2002 750 38.6 19.4 12.8
2003 750 38.6 19.4 12.8
2004 739 36.0 20.5 12.4
2005 743 35.8 20.8 12.8
2006 751 34.4 21.8 19.4
2007 748 36.0 20.8 21.4
2008 707 37.0 19.1 n/a
2009 733 37.1 19.8 27.3
2010 665 39.0 17.0 45.6
2011 649 39.5 16.4 52.2
2012 636 44.5 14.2 55.7
2013 620 40.0 15.5 57.9
2014 580 38.0 15.2 52.9
2015 573 n/a n/a 53.2
2016 592 35.0 16.9 99.5
2017 575 34.2 16.8 n/a
2018 567 32.2 17.6 n/a
2019 562 31.2 18.0 n/a
2020 620 30.2 20.5 n/a
2021 633 31.2 20.2 n/a
2022 627 32.2 19.4 n/a
2023 615 26.0 23.6 n/a
2024 588 28.0 21.0 n/a

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 Circleville High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 576 35.0 16.4 0
1989 753 39.0 19.3 n/a
1990 706 38.0 18.5 n/a
1991 712 37.0 19.2 n/a
1992 731 37.0 19.7 10.5
1993 727 31.7 22.9 11.6
1994 725 33.0 22.0 9.4
1995 709 33.5 21.2 9
1996 709 33.5 21.2 9
1997 694 29.8 23.3 8.1
1998 724 31.9 22.7 7.3
1999 692 31.6 21.9 11.1
2000 716 32.4 22.1 10.5
2001 741 34.9 21.2 10
2002 750 38.6 19.4 12.8
2003 750 38.6 19.4 12.8
2004 739 36.0 20.5 12.4
2005 743 35.8 20.8 12.8
2006 751 34.4 21.8 19.4
2007 748 36.0 20.8 21.4
2008 707 37.0 19.1 n/a
2009 733 37.1 19.8 27.3
2010 665 39.0 17.0 45.6
2011 649 39.5 16.4 52.2
2012 636 44.5 14.2 55.7
2013 620 40.0 15.5 57.9
2014 580 38.0 15.2 52.9
2015 573 n/a n/a 53.2
2016 592 35.0 16.9 99.5
2017 575 34.2 16.8 n/a
2018 567 32.2 17.6 n/a
2019 562 31.2 18.0 n/a
2020 620 30.2 20.5 n/a
2021 633 31.2 20.2 n/a
2022 627 32.2 19.4 n/a
2023 615 26.0 23.6 n/a
2024 588 28.0 21.0 n/a

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Circleville High School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $10,325
2022 $11,998
2023 $11,678
2024 $12,216

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Circleville High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 514th of 836 High schoolsRanks 547th of 867 High schools
 1.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course American Government (Circleville High School)85.873
 12.8%
   End of Course American Government (Circleville City)85.873
 12.8%
   End of Course American Government (Ohio)77.772
 5.7%
End of Course American History (Circleville High School)80.461.9
 18.5%
   End of Course American History (Circleville City)80.461.9
 18.5%
   End of Course American History (Ohio)78.169.7
 8.4%
End of Course Biology (Circleville High School)73.658.1
 15.5%
   End of Course Biology (Circleville City)73.658.1
 15.5%
   End of Course Biology (Ohio)73.763.7
 10%
End of Course English II (Circleville High School)58.546.4
 12.1%
   End of Course English II (Circleville City)58.546.4
 12.1%
   End of Course English II (Ohio)66.260.8
 5.4%
End of Course Geometry (Circleville High School)39.338.6
 0.7%
   End of Course Geometry (Circleville City)39.339.9
 0.6%
   End of Course Geometry (Ohio)50.141.8
 8.3%
End of Course Algebra I (Circleville High School)42.746.5
 3.8%
   End of Course Algebra I (Circleville City)54.754.9
 0.2%
   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 Students562615
 9.4%
African American138
 38.5%
American Indian21
 50%
Asian85
 37.5%
Hispanic2015
 25%
Pacific Islander20
 100%
White496549
 10.7%
Two or More Races2137
 76.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Circleville High School

Circleville High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Circleville Elementary School
Middle : Circleville Middle School

In the 2023-24 school year, 588 students attended Circleville High School.

Students at Circleville High School are 90% White, 5% Two or more races, 2% Hispanic, 2% African American.

Circleville High School ranks 589th of 864 Ohio high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.


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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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