Logan Elm High School - School Profile

School Profile

ACCREDITED BY THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS

NAME – Logan Elm High School is named in honor of an American elm tree that was made famous when the Mingo Indian Chief, Logan, delivered a classic oration under its branches in 1774.

FACULTY – The staff is composed of 39 teachers, two counselors, three secretaries, two monitors, three custodians, a librarian, a library technician, an athletic director, an assistant principal and a principal. The average number of years teaching experience is 14.1. Fifty-seven percent have a Masters degree.

RATIO – The on-campus teacher-student ratio for 2006–2007 was 21.4 to one; the counselor-student ratio was 360 to one.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM – There are 15 departments offering 125 different courses over 240 teaching periods. Classes are arranged on a block schedule. The majority of classes meet for a 43 minute traditional session. The remainder employ a 90 minute block per semester. A combined venture with the Template:Pickaway- Ross Career & Technical Center provides 1 Tech Prep Program. Students attending the JVS may choose from 20 specialty areas.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS – Students must earn 23 credits to graduate. Subject area requirements include: four English, three Social Studies, three Math, three Science and one Health/Physical Education.

LIBRARY – Our library contains 9,650 items of which 4,069 are nonfiction, 366 are biographical, 2,756 are fiction, 688 are reference and 370 are nonprint media. Attendance averaged over 269 per day. Total expenditures for 2006–2007 were $7,335.22.

STUDENT DATA – The current student body consists of 760 students, of this group 72 attend the Pickaway-Ross Career & Technical Center.

CLASS OF 2007 – 174 Plans after graduation: Associate Degree Institutions – 39; Bachelor Degree Institutions – 49; Certificate/License Institutions – 8; Military – 10; Employment – 24; Other or unknown – 18

AMERICAN COLLEGE TEST RESULTS – 90 students tested (State and National average in parenthesis) English 19.8 (20.7) (20.4) Mathematics 21.1 (21.2) (20.7) Composite 21.0 (21.4) (20.9)

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