Xenia High School

Posted: April 22, 2026

Posted: April 22, 2026

This school is genuinely a joke, it’s got to be the worst possible experience for a high schooler. Especially one with special needs. The staff are unfriendly and unhelpful, the students here are so incredibly selfish and rude, and the staff does NOTHING to prevent bullying. The computers students are forced to use are genuinely so bad to the point where even teachers don’t like using the things. There are good staff members here, but majority of them are genuinely out to get you and just don’t care.
Someone with special needs has to FIGHT for accommodations, and even then teachers won’t follow your 504 plan or will follow it so strictly that it’s miserable to be on the autism spectrum or suffer from any other disability. You’re better off sending your kids to another school like summit academy or the STEM school here because genuinely, this is the worst public school ever, and I’m not saying that because I’m a student who hates school. I’m saying that as an autistic honors student who actually cares about my work and my future. AWFUL school.

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Posted: August 1, 2023

We were reluctant at first to enroll our kids here after moving from the south. However, we have had nothing but a great experience thus far! The teachers and faculty have been caring and accommodating.

Plenty of graduates go on to major universities and D-II schools. I would say the scores reflect the rural and lower income environment of Xenia. If your student is looking for an education, good support and guidance, they can find it here. Like anywhere, the family must work for it.

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Posted: February 2, 2021

Xenia High School has a great many things going for it. The staff cares about its students, and nearly every teacher tries to support student learning and student success in as many ways as possible. There are signs that the administrators want to make the school more responsive to the needs of the community and the needs of both parents and students. Most of the students who attend Xenia High School are caring and kind people, and they do support and encourage one another. There are a handful of people in the building who are inconsiderate, or hostile, or just annoying, but it isn't like they are everywhere. And the teachers and the principles do their best to work with those students. They are not just suspending kids for the sake of suspending them. If anything, they may try too much to reason with kids who don't want to be reasoned with. Of course, doing this leads to people saying that "nothing ever happens" to people who break rules - but I know from personal experience that the principles do try to work with kids who have trouble behaving.

The building .. well, it's very, very old. It needs to be replaced with something more modern; access to the internet is usually good, but not always, and there are too many classrooms separated by retractable walls. You can frequently hear what is going on in the room behind or beside yours! And the climate is far from controlled - some rooms are never warm, while others are always hot.. And that doesn't change from season to season, either!

While there are still things that need to change, I think that before I leave the High School it is going to be a very good place to go to school.

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Posted: September 3, 2020

Homework was mostly daily. When you get that much work at once it is hard to have any time to do anything else besides homework. At least I learned from it some.

Posted: September 3, 2020

I took mostly honors and AP classes. The teachers teaching those classes really tried to make the best of the situation at XHS. I will say though that my physics class had a terrible teacher that basically did nothing and did hear that some teachers I didn't have were not as great, but overall, I really enjoyed having almost all of the teachers I did.

Posted: September 3, 2020

I think for most students, it was really the extracurriculars that made them develop character and not necessarily schooling by itself. Teachers tried their best, but sometimes their best wasn't good enough.

Posted: September 3, 2020

I would say sometimes the administration was not great and made some baffling decisions (for example: VERY strict on dress code and at one point banned purses), but again, I think for the most part they were making the best of the situation. Xenia doesn't have the best funding so they could only do so much.

Posted: September 3, 2020

I think XHS does a good job of dealing with students who have learning differences, although I do think it could be better. Most classes had a variety of activities we did to try and learn. Key word there is "most" however. My Spanish 2 class did nothing except memorize vocab and translate into English for the entire year. We did no speaking at ALL except if it was to repeat the vocab word. I didn't learn anything from that teacher and we had to go extra slow in Spanish 3 to make up for it. Almost all other classes had effective ways to teach for other learning types, however.

Posted: September 3, 2020

I don't know if I was just in the right crowd, but I never heard any students complaining about bullying while I was at XHS. I never really saw it as an issue after middle school.

Posted: September 3, 2020

Personally, I don't think most of these questions here really give XHS justice. The entire time I went there, I never felt like I was getting a bad education or an inferior one to other schools around the area. I even had a few friends who had transferred from Beavercreek and Centerville and said that they enjoyed being at XHS more.

The vast majority of teachers I had really cared about the subjects they taught and the students they had and really tried to make the best of the situation they were in. A lot of times I would hear that teachers were buying supplies for class with their own money just so that they could teach things in different ways that would help students understand and learn better. That is just a testament to how much these teachers cared. Unfortunately, that is also a testament to how under-funded the school was too, but there is really nothing they can do about that seeing as they have asked the voters for more money a few times and they were shot down.

I was a lot of clubs at XHS and really enjoyed them all. Chemistry Club was a great experience as well as Vocal Ensemble and being in the musicals. Muse Machine was an interesting club that started in 2016 that may not have met very often, but let me go to performances I wouldn't have had the money to go to otherwise. Renaissance Club is a really interesting club that I haven't seen anywhere else. It gives students cards that they can go out and use at different stores around the city. The better your grades are, the better the discounts and offers you get. Along with this, renaissance card holders got to leave the last class a few minutes before everyone else allowing them to beat the after-school traffic. This was a good incentive to keep your grades high. My one complaint about clubs at XHS would be student council. Besides picking the themes for the school dances and getting yearly t-shirts, we didn't really do a whole lot that impacted the school. It didn't help that meetings were before school and therefore could only last around 15 to 20 minutes. You can't really do much with that.

Overall, however, I enjoyed my experiences at XHS and am currently in my third year at tOSU. I felt totally ready for college and in some ways feel like I was OVER-prepared. College is actually less rigorous than XHS was in some ways and I have been able to relax a bit since starting college.

Posted: February 22, 2018

A few teachers are phenomenal (such as Mr. Richey). Other teachers get by with legitimately not teaching. The Spanish, math, and physics are particularly lacking. It is commonplace to learn by doing crossword puzzles in these courses. It does not help students prepare for college as a result.

Posted: February 22, 2018

I have personally witnessed several fights and acts of disruption. Some of the more inner city kids are a huge issue and ultimately don’t want to be there, it is not conducive to a learning environment.

Posted: February 22, 2018

Rather than focusing on actual issues (such as a lack of educationa nd teachers performing poorly) the administration chooses to sweep this under the rug. The school will, however, be particular on dress code and promotion of athletics. Neither of the above mentioned things set students up for a successful college career.

Posted: February 22, 2018

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Posted: February 22, 2018

My school experience was poor. Going to Xenia was probably my parents biggest mistake in my educational career. I am now attending The Ohio State University and am aware of how different education could be. If the school were ran with the purpose of preparing students for the future and not being strict on pointless aspects of school (dress code, cell phones, athletics), Xenia would thrive a lot more. If the city of Xenia wants to succeed, schools must be of high quality. Currently, a lot of teachers and guidance are ineffective at their job and need to be replaced, the administration chooses to sweep this under the rug.

Bottom line, if you want to be prepared and successful in college, choose Beavercreek/Centerville/Bellbrook.

Posted: November 12, 2017

I graduated in 1994. I went on to earn a Bachelor's, Masters, and Doctorate degree. However, I feel that I had a steep learning curve when I left Xenia HS because I had not had a chance to experience AP level classes. What opportunities are the advanced students given at XHS now?

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Posted: December 15, 2015

Xenia City Schools are great overall in my opinion. I attended Simon Kenton, Warner, and Xenia High School graduating in 01. My child is enrolled at Tecumseh Elementary and seems to really like it. I'm very impressed with the current teachers and leaders of this school. The academics are top notch. Xenia also offers great division 1 sports teams. Attending k-12 at this system I tend to question the low rankings. I know quite a few graduates who have very successful jobs.

Posted: May 1, 2015

Xenia High School did not prepare me for college. The teachers either did not know how to teach in a way conducive to the students, or did not care to enhance our learning. Besides the shining stars, like Mr. Richey, Mr. Marrinan, Mr. Gray, Mrs. Smith (may she rest in peace), and Mrs. Miller, the staff at XHS was woefully uninformed. XHS only offered 5 AP classes, which was not helpful when it came time for me to fit 2 majors and a minor into 4 years in college. Mr. Manley was the best, most caring teacher at XHS, and after he left, the theater program went down the drain thanks to an incompetent new instructor.

Posted: May 19, 2013

I have attended four high schools before I graduated from the Greene County Career Center this year, Xenia High School is by far the worst I have ever attended. The staff in the office treated my family poorly as I registered for my classes at their school, acting exasperated just to have to do their job. They treat students who aren't their favorites like second-class citizens.