Waterloo Local School District

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Waterloo Local School District
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Address
1464 Industry Road
Atwater
, Ohio , 44201
United States
Coordinates 41°01′42.5″N81°11′37.9″W / 41.028472°N 81.193861°W / 41.028472; -81.193861
District information
Type Public
GradesK–12
Established1965
Accreditation Ohio Department of Education
NCES District ID 3904924 [1]
Students and staff
Enrollment796 (2024–25) [1]
Staff51.00 (FTE) [1]
Student–teacher ratio15.61 [1]
District mascotVikings
ColorsBurgundy and white
  
Other information
Website www.viking.portage.k12.oh.us/home

The Waterloo Local School District is a public school district based in Atwater, Ohio, United States, that serves Atwater and Randolph townships, along with a small part of northwestern Deerfield Township. The school district consists of one high school and one elementary school, housed together in a single K–12 building.

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History

By the early 1960s, many rural school districts in Ohio had consolidated with each other or merged with a neighboring city or village school district, mainly due to changes in state funding and standards. The Waterloo Local School District was formed in September 1965, as a result of the consolidation of the Atwater and Randolph school districts, which was necessitated by both Atwater and Randolph high schools being threatened with loss of accreditation by the state of Ohio due to inadequate programs and facilities. [2] [3] The name Waterloo was chosen on October 18, 1965, named after Waterloo Road, one of the main roads that connects Randolph and Atwater. [4] [5] The Viking mascot as well as the school colors of burgundy and white were voted on by the student bodies of both schools in October 1966 from six entries, three coming from each school.

Initially, students remained at their respective township school, though a limited number of high school students from each school were able to participate in programs at the other. [2] The two sports teams, the Atwater Spartans and the Randolph Tigers, purposely did not play each other during the 1966–67 school year. [6] Voters approved a bond issue in 1966 to construct a new high school on Industry Road, which follows the border between Atwater and Randolph townships. Waterloo High School officially opened in August 1967 and met in the Randolph building for the 1967–68 school year. The new building on Industry Road opened in September 1968 and was finished and dedicated on January 26, 1969. [7] [8]

After the opening of the new high school, the Atwater and Randolph buildings were initially used as elementary schools, with grades 1–6 at Randolph and grades 1–8 at Atwater. [7] Financial difficulties during the 1969–70 school year led to the district consolidating all elementary students in grades K–5 to the Atwater building a beginning in the 1970–71 school year. [9]

Voters approved a bond issue in 2000 to construct an addition to the high school to house grades K–8 and consolidate all students to a single campus. [10] This addition opened in early 2004.

Schools

High school

Elementary school

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Waterloo Local". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved February 3, 2026.
  2. 1 2 "No Waterloo High School Merger Yet". Akron Beacon Journal . December 1, 1965. p. D-1.
  3. ↑ "Randolph-Atwater School Merger Approved". Record-Courier . September 17, 1965.
  4. ↑ "New Portage District 'Meets Its Waterloo!'". Record-Courier . October 19, 1965.
  5. ↑ "Find Name". Marysville Journal-Tribune. January 13, 1966. p. 8.
  6. ↑ "Law and Order". Akron Beacon Journal . February 2, 1967. p. B-11.
  7. 1 2 "New High School Ready to Open". Akron Beacon Journal . August 19, 1968. p. 5.
  8. ↑ "School Opening Delayed". Akron Beacon Journal . August 31, 1968. p. 4.
  9. ↑ "Waterloo Schools Still Have Financial Woes". Akron Beacon Journal . March 12, 1970. p. 3.
  10. ↑ Murphy, Chad (March 31, 2002). "Waterloo school may get new life". Record-Courier . Retrieved February 5, 2026.
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