Summary:
Schools in the city of Defiance, Ohio include Defiance Elementary School, Defiance High School, Defiance Middle School, Tinora Elementary School, Ayersville High School, Ayersville Elementary School, Tinora Middle School, and Tinora High School — 8 schools serving about 3,932 students in grades K–12 across three districts.
The area splits into three clear performance tiers. Ayersville Local is the top district (90th percentile, 5 stars), led by Ayersville Elementary School, a top-2% school statewide with every reported test above the state benchmark, the lowest chronic absenteeism in the list at 6.5%, and the smallest classes (14.3 students per teacher). Northeastern Local is solidly above average (79th percentile, 4 stars), with Tinora High School the strongest high school here (86th percentile, all End-of-Course subjects above state). Defiance City ranks lowest (48th percentile, 2 stars), though Defiance Middle School is a bright spot, rising from the 46th to the 66th percentile in three years.
Comparing schools directly is revealing. Ayersville Elementary School (98th percentile) and Defiance Elementary School (49th percentile) sit at opposite ends despite Defiance Elementary being the largest school at 1,075 students. Among high schools, Tinora High School (86th percentile, 11.5% chronic absenteeism) and Defiance High School (38th percentile, 22.1% absenteeism) differ sharply, yet their graduation rates are nearly identical (97.7% vs. 97.9%). Also note Ayersville High School's Geometry score fell to 35.7%, below the state's 43.3%. Spending and class size do not cleanly predict outcomes here.
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