Best Public Schools in Newcomerstown, OH

Newcomerstown, Ohio is served by four schools — two elementaries, one middle school and one high school — all operating within the Newcomerstown Exempted Village district and together enrolling 869 students in a K–12 pipeline. East Elementary School serves only grades K–1 (130 students), West Elementary School covers grades 2–5 (317 students, the largest school in the city), Newcomerstown Middle School serves grades 6–8 (182 students) and Newcomerstown High School serves grades 8–12 (240 students). District-wide, the system ranks 469th of 773 Ohio districts, in the 39th percentile, with 2 stars.

Newcomerstown Middle School is the academic bright spot: it is the only school in the city with a 3-star rating in 2025–26, ranking 486th of 1,046 (54th percentile), with the lowest chronic absenteeism (14.1%) and lowest student/teacher ratio (12.1). Its Algebra I proficiency of 90.9% far exceeds the district's 57.4% and the state's 61.6%, and its 8th grade science (74.5%) and 7th grade ELA (68.5%) also beat state averages — though 8th grade math is only 30.0% proficient versus 52.0% statewide. Newcomerstown High School has a split profile: a 91.5% graduation rate, strong 8th grade science (81.8% vs 61.2%), American History (77.1% vs 73.2%) and Biology (70.7% vs 67.0%), but weaker Geometry (35.7% vs 43.3%) and Algebra I (50.9% vs 61.6%), plus the highest chronic absenteeism at 31.6% — more than double the middle school's. Its rank has climbed from the 32nd to the 39th percentile over three years.

West Elementary School shows early-grade strength but later-grade weakness: 3rd grade ELA (70.3% vs 63.4%) and math (67.2% vs 62.1%) beat the state, while 4th grade math falls 24.7 points below state at 42.6% and 4th grade ELA sits at 53.7% vs 61.8%. Math is the district-wide weak area. East Elementary School has no test scores or rank, as expected for a K–1 school; its available metrics are 18.4% chronic absenteeism and the city's highest student/teacher ratio at 16.2. Note that grade 8 and Algebra I results appear at both the middle and high school, so those comparisons should be read carefully.