Summary:
Kenton, Ohio has four schools serving students from preschool through 12th grade — one elementary school (PK–5), one middle school (6–8), and two high schools (grades 9–12 and 7–12) — with a combined enrollment of 1,880 students. Three of the schools belong to the Kenton City district, which ranks 553 of 773 in Ohio (28th percentile, 1 star), while Hardin Community School is a separate community school with only 29 students.
Academic results vary widely among the schools. Kenton Middle School posts the highest test result in the group — 94.3% proficient in Algebra I, far above the district's 52.3% and the state's 61.6% — but it sits below the state in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade English language arts and in 7th and 8th grade math, suggesting its Algebra I strength comes from a smaller advanced group rather than school-wide math gains. Kenton High School is above the state in American Government (76.1% vs 71.6%) and graduates 94.7% of students, yet trails the state in Algebra I (36.6% vs 61.6%), Geometry, English II, and American History, and has the highest chronic absenteeism at 28.1%. Kenton Elementary School is above the state in 3rd grade math and ELA and 4th grade math, but below in 4th and 5th grade ELA and 5th grade math.
Chronic absenteeism climbs steadily by grade level: 4.0% at Hardin Community, 12.5% at Kenton Elementary, 20.2% at Kenton Middle, and 28.1% at Kenton High. Hardin Community combines the highest free/reduced lunch rate (89.66%) with the lowest absenteeism and a 100% graduation rate, though with 29 students those rates are volatile. About 60% of students citywide receive free or reduced lunch. Kenton High spends the most per student ($10,793 in 2018-19, an outdated figure), and Hardin Community has the highest student-teacher ratio at 29.0. Hardin has no test-score or spending data available here.
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