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Best Elementary Schools in Defiance County, OH

Coming soon: We're expecting this year's test scores from the Ohio Department of Education any day now — new rankings will be posted the moment they're released!

Coming soon: This year's test scores are expected from the Ohio Department of Education any day now — new rankings will follow the moment they're released!

At a glance

Schools

2,538

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedAyersville Elementary School91^st of 1,558 Ohio elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Fairview Elementary School up 117 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Hicksville Elementary School 12.9 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Ohio State Tests Science (2025)	Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2025)				Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2025)				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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	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 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	Total
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%)	49.7	901^st of 1558 public elementary schools	42.2%		58.2	788^th of 1577 public elementary schools	50.0%	113	68.2	60.2	69.4	48.3		50.9	51.7	71.0		$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%)	86.1	143^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	90.8%		85	184^th of 1577 public elementary schools	88.3%	41		92.8	98.6			72.5	86.5			$12,840
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%)	88.1	91^st of 1558 public elementary schools	94.2%		87.9	107^th of 1577 public elementary schools	93.2%	16	94.3	78.4	100.0	88.7	83.3	72.5	92.7	94.3	79.2	$14,149
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%)	74	450^th of 1558 public elementary schools	71.1%		68.6	567^th of 1577 public elementary schools	64.0%	117	80.3	77.4	83.9	63.9		73.0	69.4	78.7		$12,770
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%)	79	338^th of 1558 public elementary schools	78.3%		76.1	406^th of 1577 public elementary schools	74.3%	68		78.3	92.2			76.7	73.4			$14,457

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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