Summary:
Ada, Ohio is a one-district, two-building town: Ada Elementary School serves grades K–5 with 461 students, and Ada High School serves grades 6–12 with 404 students, together enrolling about 865 students in the Ada Exempted Village district. There is no middle school — the 6–12 building absorbs the traditional middle grades. Both schools rate four stars and sit in roughly the top 16–17% of Ohio schools in their divisions, making this an unusually strong small-district system.
The elementary school is the momentum story. Its state percentile has climbed from 58th to 75th to 84th over three years, and it ranks 243rd of 1,560 Ohio elementaries. Its strength is math: fourth-grade math proficiency reached 93.8% against a state figure of 67.3%, and its math average of 84.3% sits 21.4 points above the state's 62.8%. Reading scores are also strong, at 81.7% versus 65.2% statewide. On tests common to both years, the school gained 3.8 points while the state stood still. Chronic absenteeism, at 8.9%, is better than the district's 11.8%, although the school's free/reduced-lunch percentage is not reported.
Ada High School is steadier: it has held the 83rd–86th percentile for three straight years, ranks 139th of 795 Ohio high schools, and posted a 100.0% graduation rate despite 93.07% of students qualifying for free/reduced lunch. Social studies and science are its standouts — American Government at 93.9% (state 71.6%) and Biology at 85.5% (state 67%). Two things to watch: Geometry, at 42.6% versus the state's 43.3%, is the only result below state and fell 10.5 points; and the literacy advantage narrows from +16.5 in elementary to +7.9 in high school. High school chronic absenteeism of 14.5% runs above the district's 11.8%.
Thank you for your feedback!