Wayne County Schools Career Center
Smithville · OH · Wayne County JVSD · Public · K-12 combined
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Wooster High School → Cloverleaf High School → Orrville High School → Norwayne High School → Smithville High School → Northwest High School → Chippewa Jr./Sr. High School → Norton High School →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 ÷ 2024 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% |