Summary:
Rootstown, Ohio is home to four schools serving students from kindergarten through 12th grade — three in the Rootstown Local district and one separate K-12 school — with a combined enrollment of 1,852 students. Rootstown Elementary School (K-5, 406 students), Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School (6-8, 229), and Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School (9-12, 282) make up Rootstown Local's 917 students, while Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School, listed as an alternative school, enrolls 935 — nearly as many students as the entire district. Rootstown Local ranks 319th of 773 districts, in the 59th percentile with 3 stars.
Rootstown Elementary School is the academic standout, scoring above the state in all 7 tested areas in both 2025-26 and 2024-25, including 5th grade ELA at 81.9% vs. 70.4% and 5th grade science at 80.3% vs. 62.7%. Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School graduates 97.8% and shines in American History (87.7% vs. 73.2%) and Biology (87.5% vs. 67.0%), but Algebra I is a concern at 46.9% vs. 61.6% state. Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School is above state in 6 of 8 tests, led by 8th grade math (61.8% vs. 52.0%), though 7th grade math lags at 43.3% vs. 48.6%. Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School is uneven, above state in 9 of 19 tests, with government at 86.1% but Integrated Math II at just 18.8%.
Chronic absenteeism separates the schools: the elementary (15.8%) and middle (15.3%) are well below the Rootstown Local district rate of 18.5%, while Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School (24.2%) and Bio-Med Science Academy STEM School (29.3%) run higher. Per-student spending is lowest at Bio-Med ($7,090) and highest at the middle school ($10,066). Notably, the elementary school has the highest poverty rate (45.07% free/reduced lunch) and largest classes (18.8 students per teacher) yet the strongest results. Upper-grade math remains the clearest area for improvement.
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