Summary:
Magnolia, Ohio is served by three public schools within the Sandy Valley Local district — Sandy Valley Elementary School (PK–5, 577 students), Sandy Valley Middle School (6–8, 263 students), and Sandy Valley High School (9–12, 414 students) — totaling 1,254 students. The district itself ranks 405 of 773 districts, at the 48th percentile with 2 stars, but results differ sharply from school to school.
Sandy Valley Middle School is the clear standout, ranking 388 of 1,046 schools at the 63rd percentile with 3 stars and a stable three-year trend (62 → 60 → 63). It has the lowest student-teacher ratio (15.4), the lowest chronic absenteeism among the upper grades (15.8%), and strong math and ELA results, including 7th grade math at 67.4% versus the state's 48.6%. Its weak spot is 8th grade science, at 45.1% against a state mark of 61.2%. Sandy Valley Elementary School has bright spots — 4th grade math at 82.1% versus 67.3% statewide, and the lowest absenteeism at 13.9% — but its percentile has slipped from 74 to 55, and 5th grade math and ELA and 3rd grade ELA now fall below state levels.
Sandy Valley High School presents a paradox: a 97.0% graduation rate alongside below-state math proficiency (Algebra I at 42.9%, Geometry at 32.3%), a rank percentile that has fallen from 46 to 35, and chronic absenteeism of 33.5% — far above the district's 19.9% and more than double the elementary rate. Across all three schools, science tends to weaken at higher grades, math results are inconsistent through the pipeline, and per-student spending figures date to 2018–2019, so they should not be read as current. Free/reduced lunch percentages are blank and should be treated as unknown rather than zero.
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