Best Public Schools in Wellston, OH

Wellston, Ohio is home to four public schools serving roughly 1,254 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in the Wellston City district: Bundy Elementary School (PK–2), Wellston Intermediate School (3–5), Wellston Middle School (6–8), and Wellston High School (9–12). The district as a whole ranks 519th of 773 in Ohio, at the 33rd percentile with 2 stars, and no Wellston school currently reaches the 50th percentile. Elementary grades hold about 49.3% of enrollment, middle school 23.4%, and high school 27.3%.

Each school has a distinct profile. Wellston Intermediate School posts the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 21.9% and above-state results in 3rd-grade math, 3rd-grade ELA, and 5th-grade ELA, though it remains at the 43rd percentile with 2 stars. Wellston Middle School holds the highest current rank at the 46th percentile, up from the 35th percentile the prior year but still under its 2023–24 mark of 51st percentile and 3 stars, and it shines in Algebra I at 95.5% proficient versus the state's 61.6% — a selected group, since that exam is taken early. Wellston High School has a 95.8% graduation rate and above-state American History results, but the lowest rank at the 31st percentile, the highest absenteeism at 33.5%, and a Geometry score of 30.7% against the state's 43.3%. Bundy Elementary School is the largest school at 349 students with the highest student-teacher ratio at 18.8, and because it serves PK–2 it has no test scores or rank to compare.

Across all school-level test records in the two years provided, 13 of 42 results were above the state average and 29 of 42 below; in 2025–26 alone, 7 of 21 were above and 14 of 21 below. Absenteeism ranges from 21.9% to 33.5%, an 11.6-point spread, with the strongest attendance at the intermediate level and the weakest at the high school. Per-student spending data is only available for 2018–19, when the high school spent the most at $14,080 and the intermediate the least at $11,462, so it should not be read as current, and free/reduced-lunch figures are blank for all four schools.