Ridgedale High School

Last updated
Ridgedale Junior/Senior High School
Address
Ridgedale High School
3165 Hillman-Ford Rd.

Morral
,
(Marion County)
,
Ohio
43337

United States
Coordinates 40°38′57″N83°10′28″W / 40.6491667°N 83.1744444°W / 40.6491667; -83.1744444
Information
Type Public, Coeducational high school
Established1976
School district Ridgedale Local School District
SuperintendentRobert Britton
CEEB code 363510
PresidentEric Park
PrincipalGreg Rossman
Assistant PrincipalJessica Parthemore
Grades 6-12
Enrollment312 [1]  (Oct 2022)
 •  Grade 6 56
 •  Grade 7 61
 •  Grade 8 64
 •  Grade 9 44
 •  Grade 10 40
 •  Grade 11 20
 •  Grade 12 27
Color(s)Columbia Blue, Red [2]   
Athletics conference Northwest Central Conference [3]
Team nameRockets [2]
Website Ridgedale Jr./Sr. High School

Ridgedale Junior/Senior High School is a public high school in Morral, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Ridgedale Local School District. In 2022, the average class size was 45 students. [1]

Contents

Demographics

The Ohio Department of Education classifies the school district as "rural; high student poverty; small student population." [4] 47% of students are reported to live in poverty. [4]

95% of Ridgedale High School students identify as White. [1]

Academics

In order to graduate, students must obtain 21 credits by the end of their senior year. They are required 4 credits of English, 4 credits of mathematics, 3 credits of science, 3 credits of social studies, a half-credit of health, and a half-credit of physical education.

To graduate with honors, students are required to complete all but one of the following requirements: [5]

Students also receive credit for classes taken at Tri-Rivers Career Center or Ohio colleges through the state's College Credit Plus program. Students in grades 11 and 12 have the option to transfer full-time to Tri-Rivers Career Center, which significantly decreases the junior and senior class sizes at Ridgedale.

Athletics and Extracurriculars

The team nickname is the Rockets. When Ridgedale was a member of the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference, they had a long-standing rivalry with the Pleasant Spartans. A lot of competition held between the two schools often became heated.

Athletics

Conference: Ridgedale High School voted to join the Northwest Central Conference in 2021. Ridgedale High School previously competed as a charter member of the Northern 10 Athletic Conference, which was formed for the 2014–15 school year. Ridgedale had previously competed as a charter member of the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference (MOAC), which was established in 1990. Prior to the MOAC, Ridgedale competed as a charter member of the North Central Conference beginning in 1962.

SportMOAC Championships (1990-2014) [6] N10 Championships (2014-2021) [7] NWCC Championships (2021-) [3]
Baseball'92 [8]
Boys Basketball'90 '91 '92 '99 '00 '01 '06 '07
Boys Bowling'12N/A [9] N/A [10]
Boys Cross Country'02 '03
Boys Golf'93 '94 '95 '99 '00 '02'17 [11]
Boys Track'97 '99 '07 '09
Girls Basketball'93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '10 '11 [12] '12 [13] '13'22
Softball'96 '97 '98 '99
Volleyball'97 '98 '99 '00 [14] '01'21 [15]
YearSportTeam Achievement
2006BasketballDiv 4 - District Champions
2001BasketballDiv 3 - Regional Runner-up
1992BaseballDiv 4 - State Champions
1998BaseballDiv 4 - District Champions
1999BaseballDiv 4 - State Runner Up
2000BaseballDiv 4 - District Champions
1999FootballDiv 6 - Sweet Sixteen
2000FootballDiv 5 - Sweet Sixteen
2002FootballDiv 5 - Sweet Sixteen
2003FootballDiv 5 - Sweet Sixteen
2004Girls BasketballDiv 4 - Regional Runner Up
2005Girls BasketballDiv 4 - District Runner Up
2002VolleyballDiv 3 - District Runner Up

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Extracurriculars

Administration

Board of education

Superintendent

Treasurer

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 "Fall Enrollment (Headcount) - October 2022 Public Districts and Buildings". Ohio Department of Education. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory" . Retrieved 2014-10-18.
  3. 1 2 "Northwest Central Conference". Northwest Central Conference. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Typology of Ohio School Districts". Ohio Department of Education. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "2017-18 Course Selection Guide" (PDF). Ridgedale Local Schools. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "MOAC Division/Conference Champions". Mid Ohio Athletic Conference. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Northern 10 Athletic Conference". Northern 10 Athletic Conference. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  8. ↑ Title shared with Northmor.
  9. ↑ The Northern 10 Conference does not include bowling as a sport, so the Ridgedale bowling team competed independent of a conference during this period.
  10. ↑ The Northwest Central Conference does not include bowling as a sport, so the Ridgedale bowling team competed independent of a conference during this period.
  11. ↑ Title shared with Carey.
  12. ↑ Title shared with Mount Gilead.
  13. ↑ Title shared with Pleasant.
  14. ↑ Title shared with Pleasant.
  15. ↑ Title shared with Temple Christian and Hardin Northern.
  16. ↑ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site" . Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  17. ↑ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball" . Retrieved 2007-02-12.

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