Summary:
Warren, Ohio has 20 schools serving roughly 10,137 students, divided into 11 elementary, 2 middle, and 7 high schools run by a mix of traditional districts, a career-technical center, and charter operators. Enrollment is heavily concentrated: Warren City alone educates 4,647 students, about 45.8% of the total, while Lordstown Local, Champion Local, Howland Local, and several charter schools make up the rest. Test scores are missing for Trumbull Career & Technical Center, Howland Glen, and Howland Springs, so the picture is not complete for every school.
Academically, the city splits sharply. Lordstown Elementary School leads with the highest test-score average and the lowest chronic absenteeism in the list at 10.6%. Champion Middle School and Champion High School also rank high, and Champion High posts a 100.0% graduation rate. Lordstown High School and Howland High School graduate 94.6% and 96.5% of students. At the other end, River Gate High School has 93.9% chronic absenteeism, a 36.2% graduation rate, and a student-teacher ratio of 32.1. Warren G Harding High School, the largest school at 1,221 students, has 58.3% chronic absenteeism and sits below state averages in every End-of-Course subject.
Attendance and achievement tend to move together: the lowest-absenteeism schools are generally the top performers, and the highest-absenteeism schools generally struggle. One exception is STEAM Academy of Warren, which earns strong test scores despite 38.4% chronic absenteeism. Graduation rates and test proficiency also do not always match — Summit Academy Alternative LearnersWarren Middle & Secondary graduates 93.8% of students but shows very low proficiency scores. Spending and class size matter, but neither fully explains results. For parents, the clearest signals are district-level performance, absenteeism rates, and graduation rates.
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