Youngstown City School District


Youngstown City School District is a public school system headquartered in Youngstown, Ohio, which serves two public high schools, two vocational high schools, 3 junior high schools and 9 elementary schools.
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History

The Youngstown City School District formed in the early 20th century, with several high schools being built between the late 1860s through the late 1930s, including Rayen, Chaney, Woodrow Wilson and South High Schools.
Due to declining enrollment, Youngstown shuttered several long-time high schools, such as North in 1980, South in 1993 and the original East High School in 1998. It was used as a middle school until 2006. The following year saw both Wilson High School and Rayen High School closing, and the construction and reopening of the new East High School.
In 2011, Chaney High School was repurposed from a traditional public high school to a performing arts and STEM academy, as part of a district restructuring. Chaney's sports programs were suspended as well. In the 2017-18 school year, Chaney returned as a public high school, reinstating athletics and its regular curriculum.
All Youngstown public schools previously mandated that students wore uniforms. However, in 2016, former district CEO Krish Mohip retracted such requirement.
In June 2025, the Youngstown City School District announced it would be undergoing a two-phase district reconfiguration plan, which would be consolidating the two public high schools in the school district Chaney and East beginning the 2026-27 school year, along with both the middle schools. The new name for the high school was announced as "Youngstown Unified High School," but was later changed to just Youngstown High School. Students will be housed as the newer East High School building.

Schools

High schools

Middle schools

Elementary schools

  • Harding Elementary
  • Kirkmere Elementary
  • Martin Luther King Elementary
  • Paul C. Bunn Elementary
  • Taft Elementary
  • Volney Rogers Elementary
  • William Holmes McGuffey Elementary
  • Williamson Elementary
  • Wilson Elementary

Former high schools

  • Woodrow Wilson High School was shuttered at the end of the 2006–2007 school year with the opening of East High School. The building has been demolished and will be rebuilt and reopened as a district middle school.
  • Rayen High School was also shuttered at the end of the 2006–2007 school year with Woodrow Wilson due to re-configuring. The building has since been demolished. A Rayen Middle School had been scheduled to be built on the site of the former high school, but now will not be, as there is not sufficient enrollment for it.
  • The original building for East High School was shuttered at the end of the 1997–1998 school year due to declining enrollment. This building has since been demolished and a new East High School opened on the same property in 2007.
  • South High School was shuttered at the end of the 1992–1993 school year due to declining enrollment. This building has since been sold and is now a charter school.
  • North High School was shuttered at the end of the 1979–1980 school year due to declining enrollment.