Summary:
Waynesfield, Ohio is a small community served by two public schools — Waynesfield-Goshen Local Elementary School (PK–5, 245 students) and Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School (grades 6–12, 220 students) — both part of the Waynesfield-Goshen Local district, which enrolls 465 students and ranks 338 of 773 in Ohio (56th percentile, 3 stars).
The high school currently has the stronger overall profile. Its 8th grade math (92.6% proficient vs. 52.0% statewide), 8th grade science (93.5% vs. 61.2%), and Algebra I End of Course (91.7% vs. 61.6%) results are far above state averages, and it posted a 100.0% graduation rate. Its rank climbed from 61st percentile with 3 stars (2023–2024) to 77th percentile with 4 stars (2024–2025), then eased to 65th percentile with 3 stars. The clear concern is 6th grade English Language Arts, at just 31.3% versus the state's 56.0% — a notable gap for a school with such strong math and science results.
The elementary school's bright spot is math: 3rd grade math (73.0% vs. 62.1%) and 5th grade math (69.7% vs. 59.1%) are both above state. Its concern is upper-grade English Language Arts, especially 5th grade, which fell from 73.3% to 51.5% against a state figure of 70.4%. That drop tracks with the school's rank slide from 71st percentile with 4 stars to 49th percentile with 2 stars. Chronic absenteeism is 12.0% at the high school, above the district's 10.0%, while the elementary is lower at 8.0%. The high school also has a smaller student-teacher ratio (12.2 vs. 14.4) and reported 75% free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025; the elementary's free/reduced lunch figure is blank/unknown.
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