High school (grades 9-12) · Willow Wood, OH

Symmes Valley High School

Federal NCES profile for Symmes Valley High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 44/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 390479603059
0/100100/10044/100
👥 S:T ratio
48
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
61
📋 Attendance
36
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Symmes Valley High School earns 44/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 86% of Ohio schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Ohio schools.

44
Resource Index · Typical
13:1
small classes for Ohio
195
students enrolled

Symmes Valley High School has class sizes smaller than 86% of Ohio schools. Computed live against every Ohio school reporting to NCES.

School address

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

+8 students YoY

Symmes Valley High School held near 177 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+8 headcount).

Teacher FTE added 15.6 → 27.2 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Steady CCD campus

+8 students YoY 390479603059 · Willow Wood, OH High · SMALL · TRAD

195 enr · 13:1 · RII 44

Nearest enrollment peer: Symmes Valley Elementary School (546 students)

Symmes Valley High School held near 177 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+8 headcount). Teacher FTE added 15.6 → 27.2 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · Ohio schools → · Find another →

How Symmes Valley High School compares

Symmes Valley High School held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs Ohio and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Ohio Ohio avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 13:1 ▼ 29% 18.2:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 195 top 85% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

13:1
Leaner classes than 67% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
195
Bigger than 19% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators methodology

Staffing depth
13:1
students per teacher - 29% below state mean
Top 14% in Ohio - lower ratio than 86% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
25.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$17,393
per pupil, district-wide - above Ohio avg of $15,819
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 195 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 95.9%
Hispanic or Latino 2.1%
Two or More 1.5%
African American 0.5%

Largest group: White at 95.9% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 8.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 8.0, Symmes Valley High School is less mixed than the Ohio school average of 35.3.

Programs

AP program Not offered

District finance for Symmes Valley Local reports $17,393 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

How Symmes Valley High School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Symmes Valley Elementary School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Symmes Valley High School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Symmes Valley Local · 1 sibling school

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Nationwide high schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Symmes Valley High School

How many students attend Symmes Valley High School?

Symmes Valley High School has 195 students enrolled. It is a high school in Willow Wood, OH. CCD year-over-year: 169 (2022-23) → 177 (2023-24), nearly flat (+8).

What is the student-teacher ratio at Symmes Valley High School?

The student-teacher ratio at Symmes Valley High School is 13:1, which is 29% lower than the Ohio average of 18.2:1 and 17% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Symmes Valley High School?

The largest demographic group at Symmes Valley High School is White at 95.9% of enrollment, in Willow Wood, OH.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Symmes Valley High School?

Symmes Valley High School has a Resource Investment Index of 44/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Symmes Valley Local?

Besides Symmes Valley High School, Symmes Valley Local also operates Symmes Valley Elementary School (546 students). See the Symmes Valley Local district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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