Summary:
Minerva, Ohio is served by three public schools in the Minerva Local district — an elementary school for grades K–5, a middle school for grades 6–8, and a high school for grades 9–12 — together enrolling 1,626 students. All three share the same district-level rating (rank 297 of 773, 62nd percentile, 3 stars), but that single rating hides big differences between the schools themselves.
Minerva Middle School is the standout, ranking 214 of 1,046 (80th percentile) with 4 stars. It improved from the 64th percentile in 2023–24 to 66th and then 80th, and it beat the state in every listed subject, with especially strong math (8th grade math 78.3 vs 52.0 state; 6th grade math 77.2 vs 56.2). Its 100% Algebra I proficiency likely reflects a small advanced cohort, so it should be read cautiously. Minerva Elementary School has the area's best attendance by far — 0.4% chronic absenteeism — and scores above state (69.6 vs 63.8), but its rank slipped from the 68th to 59th percentile and its test average fell from 73.8 to 69.6. Minerva High School has a split profile: a 97.3% graduation rate and strong English II (78.6 vs 62.7), but it sits at the 45th percentile with 2 stars, the highest chronic absenteeism (16.9%), and below-state results in American Government and American History.
Two patterns matter most for families. First, attendance divides the schools sharply: 0.4% at the elementary versus 14.4% at the middle and 16.9% at the high school, against a district rate of 8.5%. Second, resources don't line up simply with results — the middle school has the highest student–teacher ratio (22.3) and lowest 2018–19 per-student spending ($7,250) yet the strongest performance, while the high school has the lowest ratio (15.8) and highest spending ($8,061) but the weakest rank. The district rating also masks school-level reality, and the high school's low rank despite an above-state test average suggests other accountability factors are at work.
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