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Best Public Schools in Defiance County, OH

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Schools

5,682

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedAyersville Elementary School38^th of 1,560 Ohio elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Fairview Elementary School up 148 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Hicksville High School 12.3 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Ohio State Tests Science (2026)		Ohio State Tests American Government (2026)	Ohio State Tests American History (2026)	Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2026)						Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2026)						Ohio State Tests Biology (2026)	Ohio State Tests English II (2026)	Ohio State Tests Geometry (2026)	Ohio State Tests Algebra I (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests American Government End of Course	Ohio State Tests American History End of Course	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 4th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Biology End of Course	Ohio State Tests English II End of Course	Ohio State Tests Geometry End of Course	Ohio State Tests Algebra I End of Course	Total
Defiance Middle School	Public	6-8	1755 Palmer Dr	Defiance	43512	Defiance County	Defiance City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 782-0050	572	34	16.8		385 (67.3%)	27 (4.7%)	146 (25.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.1%)	67.8	351^st of 1046 public middle schools	66.4%		60.1	452^nd of 1036 public middle schools	56.4%	101		64.5						57.6	66.7	70.4				53.5	68.2	65.1				100.0	$11,033
Defiance High School	Public	9-12	1755 Palmer Dr	Defiance	43512	Defiance County	Defiance City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 784-2777	697	45	15.4		448 (64.3%)	42 (6.0%)	182 (26.1%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.2%)	42.7	493^rd of 795 public high schools	38.0%		54.6	403^rd of 855 public high schools	52.9%	90			70.7	63.9													64.7	64.4	49.7	68.3	$11,994
Defiance Elementary School	Public	K-5	400 Carter Rd	Defiance	43512	Defiance County	Defiance City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 782-0070	1,075	66	16.2		636 (59.2%)	31 (2.9%)	306 (28.5%)	6 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (8.9%)	56.3	789^th of 1560 public elementary schools	49.4%		49.7	901^st of 1558 public elementary schools	42.2%	112	59.3				68.7	73.4	53.9				65.1	62.4	67.1								$10,159
Hicksville Elementary School	Public	K-4	958 E High St	Hicksville	43526	Defiance County	Hicksville Exempted Village School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 542-7475	375	29	12.9		323 (86.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	91.5	45^th of 1560 public elementary schools	97.1%		86.1	143^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	90.8%	98					95.4	100.0					95.4	81.4									$12,840
Hicksville High School	Public	9-12	958 E High St	Hicksville	43526	Defiance County	Hicksville Exempted Village School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 542-7636	211	17	12.3		192 (91.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	78.2	74^th of 795 public high schools	90.7%		81.2	67^th of 855 public high schools	92.2%	7			87.7	89.1													89.1	74.5	76.7	90.2	$17,153
Hicksville Middle School	Public	5-8	958 E High St	Hicksville	43526	Defiance County	Hicksville Exempted Village School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 542-5917	282	19	15.2		233 (82.6%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (12.4%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.9%)	88.2	66^th of 1046 public middle schools	93.7%		88	74^th of 1036 public middle schools	92.9%	8	84.0	87.1					92.0	88.1	87.5	87.3			88.0	83.9	81.1	65.7					$9,637
Ayersville Elementary School	Public	K-6	28046 Watson Rd	Defiance	43512	Defiance County	Ayersville Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 395-1111	322	22	14.3		278 (86.3%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	91.7	38^th of 1560 public elementary schools	97.6%		88.1	91^st of 1558 public elementary schools	94.2%	53	97.8				90.3	92.0	100.0	80.7			90.3	94.0	97.8	80.7							$14,149
Ayersville High School	Public	7-12	28046 Watson Rd	Defiance	43512	Defiance County	Ayersville Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 395-1111	326	22	15.0	54.3%	277 (85.0%)	1 (0.3%)	35 (10.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.4%)	71	146^th of 795 public high schools	81.6%		72.3	156^th of 855 public high schools	81.8%	10		78.3	83.6	93.2					62.5	66.7					85.7	73.9	97.7	84.0	35.7	81.0	$11,968
Fairview High School	Public	9-12	6289 Us Highway 127	Sherwood	43556	Defiance County	Central Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 658-2378	254	18	14.4	92.5%	217 (85.4%)	3 (1.2%)	24 (9.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.5%)	79.4	60^th of 795 public high schools	92.5%		76	110^th of 855 public high schools	87.1%	50			88.0	92.3													87.7	90.8	66.7	83.9	$14,929
Fairview Middle School	Public	6-8	6289 Us Highway 127	Sherwood	43556	Defiance County	Central Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 658-2331	217	13	16.1		185 (85.3%)	6 (2.8%)	15 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.1%)	83.8	134^th of 1046 public middle schools	87.2%		81.6	162^nd of 1036 public middle schools	84.4%	28		81.3						74.6	75.4	69.8				71.2	88.4	73.4				100.0	$12,178
Fairview Elementary School	Public	K-5	14060 Blosser Rd	Sherwood	43556	Defiance County	Central Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 658-2511	411	26	15.9	46.5%	372 (90.5%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.2%)	79.8	302^nd of 1560 public elementary schools	80.6%		74	450^th of 1558 public elementary schools	71.1%	148	81.0				83.8	89.1	68.3				82.5	67.2	90.5								$12,770
Tinora High School	Public	9-12	5921 Domersville Rd	Defiance	43512	Defiance County	Northeastern Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 497-2621	272	12	22.6	19.5%	240 (88.2%)	1 (0.4%)	21 (7.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.3%)	74.3	109^th of 795 public high schools	86.3%		74.6	130^th of 855 public high schools	84.8%	21			88.7	91.7													84.3	79.2	54.4	86.2	$17,447
Tinora Middle School	Public	5-9	5921 Domersville Rd	Defiance	43512	Defiance County	Northeastern Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 497-2361	313	16	19.5	27.2%	279 (89.1%)	5 (1.6%)	22 (7.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	69.9	331^st of 1046 public middle schools	68.4%		74	276^th of 1036 public middle schools	73.4%	55	71.0	79.7					59.4	65.7	54.8	43.1			81.2	72.9	78.6	62.0				100.0	$13,234
Tinora Elementary School	Public	K-6	5751 Domersville Rd	Defiance	43512	Defiance County	Northeastern Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 497-1022	355	18	19.7	30.4%	306 (86.2%)	3 (0.8%)	37 (10.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.3%)	77.2	374^th of 1560 public elementary schools	76.0%		79	338^th of 1558 public elementary schools	78.3%	36					73.1	94.8					74.6	74.1									$14,457

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