ABOUT THE DISTRICT:
The Wooster City School District is the largest school system in the tri-county (Ashland, Holmes, Wayne) area.
2020 STUDENT ENROLLMENT: • Preschool: 95 • Elementary School K-4: 1,220 • Middle School 5-7: 728• High School 8-12: 1,342 • Total enrollment: 3,385
STUDENTS BY ETHNICITY (2019): • American Indian: NC • Asian or Pacific Islander: 1.3% • Black: 2.5% • Hispanic: 3.8% • Multiracial: 8.0% • White: 84.3% • Percentage of students in poverty (FY18): 43.7%. ACT SCORES (2019 COHORT) Wooster’s Composite Score: 20.8, State Composite Score: 20.0
SAT SCORES (2019 COHORT) Critical Reading/ • Wooster’s Composite Score: 619 Writing: • State Composite Score: 578 Math: • Wooster’s Composite Score: 635 • State Composite Score: 570 • Wooster’s Mean Total Score: 1254 • State Mean Total Score: 1148
The Wooster Way empowers the whole person, creating a culture that embraces diversity and promotes the development of social, emotional and physical wellbeing of students and staff members.
Wooster High School, working collaboratively with the Tri-County Educational Service Center and other local schools, offers the globally recognized International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme.,Students may enroll at any state university or participating private college, and participate in College Credit Plus. Students must declare their intent and be enrolled in the college they want to attend. Some students remain at Wooster High School and receive both high school and college credit.
WE BELIEVE IN:
•Keeping our students safe
•Provide a world-class education.
•Developing partnerships
•Empowering the whole person
•Creating a culture that embraces diversity
•Promoting the development of social, emotional and physical wellbeing of students and staff members
ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY:
The Wooster City School District serves a mid-size community of approximately 27,000 people located in the heart of Wayne County, just off of US 71, SR 3, 30, 83 and 585. The City of Wooster is surrounded by some of the finest agricultural land in the state and is home to the College of Wooster, the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center and The Ohio State University Agricultural and Technical Institute.
DISTRICT INFORMATIOn
Total Enrollment PreK-12: 3,385
General Fund Appropriations:
$51,100,000
Number of Employees
Certificated: 270
Non-Certificated: 238
Administrators: 27
Cost per Student: $12,588
Ohio Average: $12,472
Wooster City School District
PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICES
The Wooster City School District is Responsible for the Growth of the Whole Child and the Prevention of Student Failure
The Wooster Way empowers the whole person, creating a culture that embraces diversity and promotes the development of social, emotional and physical wellbeing of students and staff members.
Teacher-based teams grow collective teacher efficacy to implement proactive practices in curriculum, assessment and instruction for each and every student.
Rigorous instruction within a framework of student engagement, representation and expression, is inclusive to ALL grade levels and ALL students.