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Best Public Schools in Mercer County, OH

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At a glance

Schools

8,245

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedMarion Local Elementary School32^nd of 1,560 Ohio elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Fort Recovery Elementary School up 100 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Celina Middle School 12 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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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
Coldwater Middle School	Public	5-8	310 N 2nd St	Coldwater	45828	Mercer County	Coldwater Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 678-3331	429	28	15.1		412 (96.0%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	86.1	98^th of 1046 public middle schools	90.6%		87.3	87^th of 1036 public middle schools	91.6%	11	82.5	76.5					90.5	89.1	73.7	87.5			88.9	79.1	78.3	72.4				100.0	$10,208
Coldwater High School	Public	9-12	310 N 2nd St	Coldwater	45828	Mercer County	Coldwater Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 678-4821	380	26	14.9	68.2%	359 (94.5%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	75.4	101^st of 795 public high schools	87.3%		75.4	122^nd of 855 public high schools	85.7%	21			91.7	85.8													82.4	76.0	78.7	80.6	$13,769
Coldwater Elementary School	Public	K-4	310 N 2nd St	Coldwater	45828	Mercer County	Coldwater Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 678-2613	667	35	19.0		639 (95.8%)	3 (0.4%)	9 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (2.1%)	1 (0.1%)	82.9	218^th of 1560 public elementary schools	86.0%		86.6	128^th of 1558 public elementary schools	91.8%	90					78.2	93.3					79.8	81.5									$10,560
Parkway Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	400 Buckeye St	Rockford	45882	Mercer County	Parkway Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 363-3045	389	22	18.0		362 (93.1%)	4 (1.0%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	11 (2.8%)	81.6	253^rd of 1560 public elementary schools	83.8%		82.5	239^th of 1558 public elementary schools	84.7%	14					79.0	94.6					77.4	78.4									$12,447
Parkway Middle School	Public	5-8	400 Buckeye St	Rockford	45882	Mercer County	Parkway Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 363-3045	279	15	19.0		263 (94.3%)	4 (1.4%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	80.6	173^rd of 1046 public middle schools	83.5%		79	195^th of 1036 public middle schools	81.2%	22	52.1	80.3					50.7	73.8	71.0	80.0			60.3	62.2	69.1	81.7				96.8	$12,821
Parkway High School	Public	9-12	400 Buckeye St	Rockford	45882	Mercer County	Parkway Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 363-3045	306	18	16.6	99.0%	288 (94.1%)	3 (1.0%)	10 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.3%)	63.8	232^nd of 795 public high schools	70.8%		66.3	244^th of 855 public high schools	71.5%	12			78.5	97.5													72.5	83.7	54.8	60.6	$14,032
St Henry High School	Public	9-12	391 E Columbus St	Saint Henry	45883	Mercer County	St Henry Consolidated Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 678-4834	296	15	19.2	23.0%	284 (95.9%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	87.4	19^th of 795 public high schools	97.6%		85	36^th of 855 public high schools	95.8%	17			98.1	98.4													92.6	92.2	81.4	90.0	$12,064
St Henry Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	251 E Columbus St	Saint Henry	45883	Mercer County	St Henry Consolidated Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 678-4834	489	25	19.2	6.7%	467 (95.5%)	1 (0.2%)	15 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	90.8	57^th of 1560 public elementary schools	96.3%		92.1	27^th of 1558 public elementary schools	98.3%	30					97.1	96.5					90.0	83.7									$11,595
St Henry Middle School	Public	5-8	381 E Columbus St	Saint Henry	45883	Mercer County	St Henry Consolidated Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 678-4834	300	17	17.9		294 (98.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	91.4	33^rd of 1046 public middle schools	96.8%		93.3	23^rd of 1036 public middle schools	97.8%	10	96.8	80.0					100.0	96.2	91.5	90.0			96.8	87.2	89.2	75.4				100.0	$8,406
Fort Recovery Middle School	Public	6-8	865 Sharpsburg Rd	Fort Recovery	45846	Mercer County	Fort Recovery Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 375-2815	190	10	18.7		183 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.2%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	90.4	44^th of 1046 public middle schools	95.8%		92.3	27^th of 1036 public middle schools	97.4%	17		95.6						80.0	93.7	92.0				74.7	90.5	73.5				100.0	$12,645
Fort Recovery High School	Public	9-12	400 East Butler Street	Fort Recovery	45846	Mercer County	Fort Recovery Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 375-4111	294	15	19.4	13.9%	285 (96.9%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	87.2	21^st of 795 public high schools	97.4%		84.1	45^th of 855 public high schools	94.7%	24			93.3	100.0													96.4	81.7	88.1	95.0	$13,004
Fort Recovery Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	865 Sharpsburg Rd	Fort Recovery	45846	Mercer County	Fort Recovery Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 375-2768	513	27	19.1	12.5%	495 (96.5%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	87.7	104^th of 1560 public elementary schools	93.3%		83.6	204^th of 1558 public elementary schools	86.9%	100	84.5				87.7	93.5	91.4				83.6	84.8	87.9								$11,152
Celina Middle School	Public	7-8	614 Holly St	Celina	45822	Mercer County	Celina City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 586-8300	348	29	12.0	49.4%	303 (87.1%)	3 (0.9%)	10 (2.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.7%)	17 (4.9%)	72.4	292^nd of 1046 public middle schools	72.1%		70.8	316^th of 1036 public middle schools	69.5%	24		78.3							63.5	67.3					64.0	64.1			100.0	100.0	$13,388
Celina High School	Public	7-12	715 E Wayne St	Celina	45822	Mercer County	Celina City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 586-8300	743	47	15.8	43.2%	617 (83.0%)	9 (1.2%)	37 (5.0%)	9 (1.2%)	3 (0.4%)	47 (6.3%)	21 (2.8%)	48.4	433^rd of 795 public high schools	45.5%		53.3	422^nd of 855 public high schools	50.6%	11			68.7	79.5													75.5	65.9	33.7	71.1	$10,345
Celina Elementary School	Public	K-6	1225 W Logan St	Celina	45822	Mercer County	Celina City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 586-8300	1,224	78	15.6	50.7%	1,018 (83.2%)	15 (1.2%)	52 (4.2%)	7 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	82 (6.7%)	48 (3.9%)	70.1	538^th of 1560 public elementary schools	65.5%		67.8	573^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	63.2%	35	64.2				73.8	83.1	81.4	74.0			72.7	63.3	67.1	67.3							$11,934
Tri Star Career Compact	Public	11-12	7655 State Route 703	Celina	45822	Mercer County	Celina City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 586-7060	382	15	25.4		366 (95.8%)	3 (0.8%)	6 (1.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)								(n/a)
Marion Local Elementary School	Public	K-8	7956 State Route 119	Maria Stein	45860	Mercer County	Marion Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 925-4595	710	42	17.1	4.5%	693 (97.6%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.3%)	92.1	32^nd of 1560 public elementary schools	97.9%		93.6	11^th of 1558 public elementary schools	99.3%	21	93.9	98.6			95.5	97.0	94.0	100.0	93.6	98.5	86.4	86.1	89.6	90.9	90.9	94.4				100.0	$10,521
Marion Local High School	Public	9-12	1901 State Route 716	Maria Stein	45860	Mercer County	Marion Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 925-4597	306	15	20.4	5.2%	300 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	91.6	2^nd of 795 public high schools	99.7%		90.2	6^th of 855 public high schools	99.3%	4			100.0	98.2													96.4	98.2	98.2	97.4	$12,595

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