Summary:
Waterville, Ohio is served by a single public school — Waterville Primary School, a K–4 elementary building at 457 Sycamore Ln enrolling 468 students, with no middle or high school inside the city limits. It belongs to Anthony Wayne Local, a district ranked 22nd of 773 Ohio districts (97th percentile, 5 stars). That context matters: this is not a standout school rising out of a struggling system, but the strong elementary face of an elite district.
The school sits in the top 3% of Ohio elementary schools, earning 5 stars three years running and climbing the statewide rank from 103rd to 60th to 37th — a 66-position rise, from the 93rd to the 98th percentile. On 2025‑26 state tests it posted 95.2% proficient in 3rd grade math, 95.6% in 4th grade math, 91.4% in 3rd grade ELA, and 89.0% in 4th grade ELA — roughly 27 to 33 points above the state in every subject. Every matched subject-and-grade test improved year over year, by about 4–5 points. Its highest score anywhere in the data was 100% in 5th grade math in 2024‑25, though that result comes from a small cohort and a grade level no longer listed for this K–4 school.
Chronic absenteeism is 4.7%, 2.1 points below its own district's 6.8%, and 15.81% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The student–teacher ratio is 18.7:1 (2024‑25). Per-student spending of $10,115 is from 2018‑19 and should not be used to explain current results. The key tension: Waterville Primary beats the state by 22 to 43 points on every test, yet trails Anthony Wayne Local on all nine reported comparisons. It is elite relative to Ohio, but not the district leader on test scores, and math is its relative strength.
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