Wayne County Schools Career Center
Smithville · OH · Wayne County JVSD · Public · K-12 combined
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How Wayne County Schools Career Center compares for families
What families should know about Wayne County Schools Career Center.
- ▸ LocallyOH students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Wooster High School, Cloverleaf High School, Orrville High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
Ohio State University-Main Campus
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $17,339/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 624 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wooster High School Wooster |
Public | 4.5 | 921 | +0.4% |
| Cloverleaf High School Seville |
Public | 13.1 | 619 | -1.0% |
| Orrville High School Orrville |
Public | 5.3 | 415 | +9.2% |
| Norwayne High School Creston |
Public | 7.2 | 415 | -3.7% |
| Smithville High School Smithville |
Public | 0.7 | 295 | -24.7% |
| Northwest High School Canal Fulton |
Public | 13.6 | 480 | -15.2% |
| Chippewa Jr./Sr. High School Doylestown |
Public | 11.1 | 425 | +1.7% |
| Norton High School Norton |
Public | 16.7 | 746 | -2.7% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantWayne County Schools Career Center is a public high school in Smithville, OH, enrolling 624 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is up 16% from 2021 to 2024.
50% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many students attend Wayne County Schools Career Center? Wayne County Schools Career Center is a public high school in Smithville, OH, enrolling 624 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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