Waite High School

301 Morrison Dr, Toledo, OH 43605 | (419) 671-7000

Grades: 9-12
Student Enrollment: 1,043

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4.5 out of 5 | 13 Reviews

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School Description

School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 1,043 high school students from grades 9-12
Ranks 684th out of 812 high schools in OH.

Additional Contact Information

Principal or Admin: David M. Yenrick

School Operational Details

Title I Eligible
All students of this school are eligible for participation in authorized programs.

School District Details

Toledo City School District
Per-Pupil Spending: $11,462
Graduation Rate: 47.7%
Dropout Rate: 2.9%
Students Per Teacher: 14.0
Enrolled Students: 25,693

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 1,043
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 71.0
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 14.7

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 501 (48.0%)
Females: 508 (48.7%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 58 (5.6%)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 714 (68.5%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 772 (74.0%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

Waite High School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	1	0.10%
Black	259	24.8%
Asian	3	0.3%
Hispanic	186	17.8%
White	560	53.7%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
9th Grade	398	38.2%
10th Grade	276	26.5%
11th Grade	210	20.1%
12th Grade	159	15.2%

Graduate Information (2009)

Graduation Rate

School:

77.4%

District:

83.7%

Graduates Taking ACT

School:

50.7%

District:

61.9%

Teacher Credentials & Experience (2010)

Percent of Teachers That Have at Least a Master's Degree

School:

50.7%

District:

52.9%

Percent of Teachers That Have at Least a Bachelor's Degree

School:

100.0%

District:

99.5%

Percent of Teachers That Are Properly Certified

School:

87.2%

District:

92.2%

Percent of Teachers That Are Not Highly Qualified

School:

1.7%

District:

1.8%

Average Years of Teacher Experience

School:

16.0

District:

17.0

Average Teacher Salary

School:

$53,990

District:

$54,568

Source: OH Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

School Ratings and Reviews

Overall Rating: 4.5

4.5 out of 5 | 13 Reviews

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13 reviews for Waite High School

Reviewed by Former Student on July 10, 2011
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
I ATTENDED WAITE FROM 1957-1960. I LIVE IN FLORIDA BUT WILL ALWAYS BE AN 'INDIAN'. THOSE WERE THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE. EAST TOLEDO, THE CITY WITHIN A CITY. I SURE DO MISS THOSE DAYS. GO INDIANS!

Reviewed by Former Student on April 15, 2011
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I graduated from Waite in'79.I was in band and also took Cosmetology.I have many great memories of my 4 years at Waite.Especially the band director Sam Szor and my American History teacher Mr. kish.I may live in Florida but I will always be an Indian!

Reviewed by Former Student on September 03, 2010
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Waite was the first High School I ever went to, and I'm glad. The teachers are great, because they're not just your teachers they're your friends. And that's great, because it helps to make people feel more comfortable, and that's important when it comes to asking questions and stuff. I'm a softmore now, and living in Colorado, so I miss my teachers and students I met there, but I'm just glad I got to experience just a little of Waite.

Reviewed by Former Student on February 04, 2010
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i moved halfway through my freshman year. when i went to waite i was in all honors classes. and the teachers were all amazing. i loved going to waite. Freshman english there was the best. im a junior now but i still think about waite all the time

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on January 09, 2009
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waite was an excellent school, i graduated in 2001 and am now studying for my MBA at Penn State...theres a diverse group of students the teachers are caring and the programs that are offered focus in on leadership skills and volunteer work...they are definitely at the top of TPS schools

Reviewed by Former Student on September 23, 2008
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Can't believe it's been 14 years since I graduated....seems like yesterday. I miss Waite; never thought I'd say that! It was a great school, with a great staff, and a diverse body of students. GO WAITE!

Reviewed by Former Student on July 03, 2008
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Waite was my first high school and than we moved and I graduated from Clay High class of 1982. It was the best year of my life, I was in the band and I ran track. I even broke a school track record in the 800 meters,spring of 1979.
It rates high in my memories.

Reviewed by Former Student on June 07, 2008
Rating: (3 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
Average indeed. I wouldn't say Waite is better than Clay, but it's not THAT horrible of a school. Theres just things to it, that one loves and hates. For a instant, you know how hot the classrooms can get? Not just that, but it would've been nice if it had like different clubs that deal with creativity, aside from just Art. Which, mind you, the art teacher there is fabulous.

The cafeteria, well...I do give Waite props for having soup and Salad. But it's the little things that get to you, like no study-hall, or OGT early dismissals, Snow Days at the time their really shouldn't be snow days, and no snow days during the days there SHOULD be snow days.

Anyways, Yes. I did just graduated, Class of 2008! Woot! On time too! But, one more thing, well theres tons actually, but one that bothers me the most is this.

If you screw up freshman year, you can say goodbye to your lovely GPA unless if you manage to take honors there on out. People don't recognize this though until its, really, to late to really do anything about it. So, the freshman out there, if you're reading this, along with staff and who else, Freshman year is important and people need to become more aware of this.

And thus, my review.

Reviewed by Former Student on April 23, 2008
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i moved but waite was a great school. i loved all my teachers they were all awesome. id rather go to waite than any other school!

Reviewed by Student on December 20, 2007
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It's a really great school.

Reviewed by Former Student on September 30, 2007
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good

Reviewed by Former Student on February 19, 2007
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i can't beleive it's bee 14 years since i graduated from waite i met a lot of friends. i was in the band i took welding for 2 yrs.it's been great just say i had lots of fun.

Reviewed by Student on January 09, 2007
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Wow! its been for ever since ive been to this school, i have moved but waite high school is a good school to get to know people and good to make friends. i love my time at waite high!

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Test Scores and Performance Information

Overall School Rating

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The overall school rating shows that Waite High School performed on average much worse than most other schools across the state on OGT state exams in the following subjects:

Math
Reading
Science
Social Studies
Writing

AYP and Performance (2009)

Performance Index Score: 83.6

Overall AYP: Not Met

Graduation AYP: Met

Math AYP: Not Met

Reading AYP: Not Met

OGT - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject

Grade 10 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	70.2%	70.8%	80.4%
2009	68.9%	69.7%	81.4%
2008	57.6%	64.0%	79.0%

Reading Test
2010	68.4%	72.2%	83.0%
2009	79.1%	77.9%	84.5%
2008	69.7%	76.7%	85.2%

Science Test
2010	54.4%	59.7%	73.0%
2009	68.3%	60.6%	76.0%
2008	51.5%	55.6%	72.8%

Social Studies Test
2010	70.2%	71.4%	79.6%
2009	77.6%	72.3%	81.6%
2008	65.2%	66.9%	78.4%

Writing Test
2010	79.8%	79.2%	84.1%
2009	86.3%	88.7%	89.7%
2008	79.8%	81.7%	85.2%

Grade 11 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	84.8%	83.5%	89.2%
2009	82.2%	81.3%	88.5%
2008	80.8%	79.5%	88.2%

Reading Test
2010	84.4%	88.3%	91.6%
2009	87.0%	87.5%	92.8%
2008	89.8%	88.7%	91.9%

Science Test
2010	79.0%	76.2%	85.1%
2009	68.0%	71.5%	84.2%
2008	73.5%	69.8%	83.6%

Social Studies Test
2010	84.2%	84.0%	88.7%
2009	84.6%	81.5%	88.6%
2008	83.2%	79.1%	86.5%

Writing Test
2010	87.2%	90.5%	93.2%
2009	89.2%	88.6%	93.2%
2008	91.8%	90.5%	93.0%

Source: OH Department of Education 2009-2010

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