The Wapakoneta City School District is a public school district in Auglaize County, Ohio, United States.
The district encompasses the city of Wapakoneta; the villages of Buckland and Cridersville, the unincorporated communities of Fryburg, Saint Johns, and Uniopolis; Duchouquet Township; as well as parts of Clay, Logan, Moulton, Pusheta, Union, and Washington Townships. The district enrolls approximately 3,000 students.
The district operates the following schools.
The district previously operated Blume High School in Wapakoneta. After Wapakoneta High School opened in 1959, the Blume building was used as a junior high school until it was closed in 1990. [1]
After qualifying for an OSFC grant, Wapakoneta City Schools constructed two new elementaries. This brought the closing of Northridge Elementary, Centennial Elementary and the original Cridersville school (most recently an elementary). The building project also included the construction of a performing arts center to the existing Wapakoneta High School.
Auglaize County is a county in Northwestern Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 46,442. Its county seat and largest city is Wapakoneta.
Cridersville is a village in Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,791 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Wapakoneta, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Wapakoneta is a city in and the county seat of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. Located along the Auglaize River, the city is about 56 miles (90 km) north of Dayton and 83 miles (134 km) south of Toledo. The population was 9,957 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Wapakoneta micropolitan area, which is included in the Lima–Van Wert–Celina combined statistical area.
Duchouquet Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 14,676 people in the township.
Moulton Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,634 people in the township.
Pusheta Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,269 people in the township.
Clay Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 790 people in the township.
Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,746 people in the township.
Goshen Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 472 people in the township.
Logan Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,158 people in the township.
Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,944 people in the township.
Salem Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 507 people in the township.
Wayne Township is one of the fourteen townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,508 people in the township.
Saint Johns is a census-designated place located along the border between the Union and Clay townships of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 304.
Fryburg is an unincorporated community located in central Pusheta Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States.
Moulton is an unincorporated community located in southern Moulton Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States.
Geyer is an unincorporated community in southwestern Clay Township, Auglaize County, Ohio, United States.
Santa Fe is an unincorporated community located on the border of Clay Township in Auglaize County and Stokes Township in Logan County, in the west central part of the U.S. state of Ohio.
The former Blume High School is a historic building in downtown Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States. It was the first exclusive home of Wapakoneta High School. Prior to that time, WHS was housed with other grades.
St. Joseph's Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church in Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States. Built in 1910, this church is home to an active Catholic parish, and it has been declared a historic site because of its well-preserved Romanesque Revival architecture.