Ridgedale High School

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Ridgedale Junior/Senior High School
Location
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
SuperintendentErika Bower
CEEB code 363510
PresidentEric Park
PrincipalJacob Neutzling
Assistant principalEmily Yaksic
Teaching staff24.89 (FTE) [1]
Grades 6-12
Enrollment305 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio12.25 [1]
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, United States. It is the only high school in the Ridgedale Local School District. In 2022, its average class size was 45 students. [4]

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Demographics

The Ohio Department of Education classifies the school district as "rural; high student poverty; small student population." [5] 47% of students are reported to live in poverty. [5]

95% of Ridgedale High School students identify as White. [4]

Academics

In order to graduate, students must obtain 21 credits by the end of their senior year. This includes 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: [6]

Students can 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.

Activities

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. Competitions between the two schools often became heated.

Athletics

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) [7] N10 championships (2014-2021) [8] NWCC championships (2021-) [3]
Baseball'92 [9]
Boys' basketball'90 '91 '92 '99 '00 '01 '06 '07
Boys' bowling'12N/A [10] N/A [11]
Boys' cross country'02 '03
Boys' golf'93 '94 '95 '99 '00 '02'17 [12]
Boys' track'97 '99 '07 '09
Girls' basketball'93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '10 '11 [13] '12 [14] '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 "Ridgedale Jr/sr High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  2. 1 2 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory" . Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Northwest Central Conference". Northwest Central Conference. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Fall Enrollment (Headcount) - October 2022 Public Districts and Buildings". Ohio Department of Education. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Typology of Ohio School Districts". Ohio Department of Education. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  6. ↑ "2017-18 Course Selection Guide" (PDF). Ridgedale Local Schools. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  7. ↑ "MOAC Division/Conference Champions". Mid Ohio Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Northern 10 Athletic Conference". Northern 10 Athletic Conference. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
  9. ↑ Title shared with Northmor.
  10. ↑ The Northern 10 Conference does not include bowling as a sport, so the Ridgedale bowling team competed independent of a conference during this period.
  11. ↑ The Northwest Central Conference does not include bowling as a sport, so the Ridgedale bowling team competed independent of a conference during this period.
  12. ↑ Title shared with Carey.
  13. ↑ Title shared with Mount Gilead.
  14. 1 2 Title shared with Pleasant.
  15. ↑ Title shared with Temple Christian and Hardin Northern.
  16. ↑ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site" . Retrieved December 31, 2006.
  17. ↑ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball" . Retrieved February 12, 2007.
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