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Best Public Schools in Wayne County, OH

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Top rankedNorwayne Middle School34^th of 1,036 Ohio middle schools

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Parkview Elementary School up 280 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Rittman Middle School 10.3 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				Ohio State Tests Science (2025)		Ohio State Tests American Government (2025)	Ohio State Tests American History (2025)	Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2025)						Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2025)						Ohio State Tests Biology (2025)	Ohio State Tests English II (2025)	Ohio State Tests Geometry (2025)	Ohio State Tests Algebra I (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	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 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
Rittman Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	100 Saurer St	Rittman	44270	Wayne County	Rittman Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 927-7401	31	3	10.3		29 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																					$11,508
Beacon Hill Community School AKA Beacon Hill Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	8746 s Market St	Mount Eaton	44659	Wayne County	Beacon Hill Community School AKA Beacon Hill Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 359-5600	176	10	18.2	36.4%	170 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)								(n/a)	75.0	88.0			73.3	60.0	68.8	64.3	65.5	72.0	66.7	53.3	75.0	50.0	72.4	56.0					$8,099
Liberty Preparatory School	Public, Charter	9-12	243 N Milton St	Smithville	44677	Wayne County	Liberty Preparatory School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 669-0055	46	2	23.0	69.6%	36 (78.3%)	1 (2.2%)	4 (8.7%)	1 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (8.7%)								(n/a)			53.8																		$10,101
Orrville Elementary School	Public	K-4	605 Mineral Springs St	Orrville	44667	Wayne County	Orrville City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 682-1851	514	36	14.2	56.0%	356 (69.3%)	20 (3.9%)	73 (14.2%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (11.3%)	58	760^th of 1558 public elementary schools	51.2%		62.1	709^th of 1577 public elementary schools	55.0%	51					58.8	77.2					61.8	67.3									$12,905
Orrville High School	Public	8-12	841 N Ella St	Orrville	44667	Wayne County	Orrville City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 682-4661	416	23	18.2	61.8%	291 (70.0%)	17 (4.1%)	70 (16.8%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (7.7%)	59.1	339^th of 855 public high schools	60.4%		63.3	290^th of 864 public high schools	66.4%	49			81.3	84.2													71.3	68.2	47.7	52.9	$12,542
Orrville Middle School	Public	4-8	801 Mineral Spring St	Orrville	44667	Wayne County	Orrville City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 682-1791	462	30	15.4	54.3%	338 (73.2%)	18 (3.9%)	58 (12.6%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (9.1%)	71.3	306^th of 1036 public middle schools	70.5%		72.9	282^nd of 1046 public middle schools	73.0%	24	79.4	67.0					74.8	69.1	52.9	61.0			76.6	63.4	74.3	64.9				100.0	$13,390
Chippewa Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	466 South Portage	Doylestown	44230	Wayne County	Chippewa Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 658-2011	588	33	17.7	30.3%	566 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	80.3	75^th of 855 public high schools	91.2%		83	49^th of 864 public high schools	94.3%	26		95.2	88.3	92.4					73.7	85.9					80.0	75.9	95.1	77.0	70.8	81.1	$12,959
Chippewa Intermediate School	Public	3-6	100 Valley View Rd	Doylestown	44230	Wayne County	Chippewa Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 658-2214	336	17	19.4	44.6%	314 (93.5%)	3 (0.9%)	5 (1.5%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.7%)	89.1	69^th of 1558 public elementary schools	95.6%		88.7	85^th of 1577 public elementary schools	94.6%	16	89.4				90.0	98.8	90.6	70.0			84.3	89.0	97.6	73.3							$13,124
Hazel Harvey Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	165 Brooklyn Ave	Doylestown	44230	Wayne County	Chippewa Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 658-2522	312	16	19.5	33.0%	294 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.5%)								(n/a)																					$11,605
Chippewa Virtual Learning Academy	Public, Virtual	5-12	466 S Portage St	Doylestown	44230	Wayne County	Chippewa Local	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(330) 658-2011	21	1	31.3		21 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Dalton Elementary School	Public	K-4	250 N Church St	Dalton	44618	Wayne County	Dalton Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 828-2707	339	21	16.4		294 (86.7%)	8 (2.4%)	23 (6.8%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.2%)	79.5	329^th of 1558 public elementary schools	78.9%		88.3	96^th of 1577 public elementary schools	93.9%	233					86.2	83.6					78.5	73.1									$11,278
Dalton High School	Public	9-12	177 Mill St N	Dalton	44618	Wayne County	Dalton Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 828-2261	282	17	16.9	21.6%	256 (90.8%)	4 (1.4%)	14 (5.0%)	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	76.9	99^th of 855 public high schools	88.4%		75.5	129^th of 864 public high schools	85.1%	30			91.1	86.7													85.3	85.5	72.3	66.7	$16,244
Dalton Middle School	Public	5-8	250 N Church St	Dalton	44618	Wayne County	Dalton Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 828-2405	277	14	20.2	76.5%	250 (90.3%)	3 (1.1%)	16 (5.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.5%)	85.2	115^th of 1036 public middle schools	88.9%		84.3	135^th of 1046 public middle schools	87.1%	20	88.9	83.3					95.8	86.4	68.8	75.7			83.3	79.7	81.7	65.8				100.0	$11,893
Green Middle School	Public	6-8	200 Smithie Drive	Smithville	44677	Wayne County	Green Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 669-3165	254	16	16.3		223 (87.8%)	1 (0.4%)	20 (7.9%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	74	277^th of 1036 public middle schools	73.3%		68.7	351^st of 1046 public middle schools	66.4%	74		86.8						54.3	60.0	77.0				51.1	74.7	71.1				100.0	$12,061
Green Elementary School	Public	K-5	200 Smithie Drive	Smithville	44677	Wayne County	Green Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 669-3501	524	28	18.6		440 (84.0%)	12 (2.3%)	43 (8.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (5.2%)	74	452^nd of 1558 public elementary schools	71.0%		77.6	373^rd of 1577 public elementary schools	76.3%	79	83.3				74.4	88.6	62.4				65.1	78.7	77.4								$11,945
Smithville High School	Public	9-12	200 Smithie Drive	Smithville	44677	Wayne County	Green Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 669-3165	295	18	16.8	50.5%	277 (93.9%)	2 (0.7%)	11 (3.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	76.4	105^th of 855 public high schools	87.7%		79.7	84^th of 864 public high schools	90.3%	21			87.5	84.7													85.2	78.7	75.7	73.3	$16,242
Norwayne Middle School	Public	5-8	350 S Main St	Creston	44217	Wayne County	Norwayne Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 435-1195	310	19	16.2		291 (93.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.2%)	91.7	34^th of 1036 public middle schools	96.7%		87.1	94^th of 1046 public middle schools	91.0%	60		93.5						87.4	91.2	82.6				72.7	89.1	82.6				100.0	$11,858
Norwayne High School	Public	9-12	350 S Main St	Creston	44217	Wayne County	Norwayne Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 435-6384	415	22	19.1	48.9%	390 (94.0%)	2 (0.5%)	10 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.1%)	71.4	174^th of 855 public high schools	79.6%		78.5	92^nd of 864 public high schools	89.4%	82			86.4	86.5													84.1	90.6	62.5	51.9	$12,089
Norwayne Elementary School	Public	K-5	286 S. Main Street	Creston	44217	Wayne County	Norwayne Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 435-6383	539	29	18.4	40.6%	507 (94.1%)	2 (0.4%)	14 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.6%)	82.2	250^th of 1558 public elementary schools	84.0%		84.4	205^th of 1577 public elementary schools	87.0%	45	90.8				93.4	84.8	62.5				92.1	75.5	80.5								$11,087
Waynedale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	9052 Dover Rd	Apple Creek	44606	Wayne County	Waynedale Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 698-3111	459	34	13.5	44.7%	419 (91.3%)	2 (0.4%)	25 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.8%)	54.3	825^th of 1558 public elementary schools	47.0%		57.1	812^th of 1577 public elementary schools	48.5%	13	69.3				60.3	60.3	52.1				57.5	65.8	72.0								$15,267
Waynedale Middle School	Public	6-8	9052 Dover Rd	Apple Creek	44606	Wayne County	Waynedale Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 698-3151	0	11	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	56.2	496^th of 1036 public middle schools	52.1%		73.7	276^th of 1046 public middle schools	73.6%	220		67.9						36.8	61.3	23.4				53.2	77.6	59.0				94.3	$14,858
Waynedale High School	Public	9-12	9052 Dover Rd	Apple Creek	44606	Wayne County	Waynedale Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 698-3071	333	23	14.3	30.6%	316 (94.9%)	3 (0.9%)	8 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	75.6	117^th of 855 public high schools	86.3%		73.9	151^st of 864 public high schools	82.5%	34			87.8	89.0													80.5	85.5	83.3	60.0	$15,766
Shreve Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	598 N Market St	Shreve	44676	Wayne County	Triway Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 567-2837	317	22	14.4		292 (92.1%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.5%)	66.5	595^th of 1558 public elementary schools	61.8%		82.1	260^th of 1577 public elementary schools	83.5%	335	70.6				75.9	80.0	80.4				61.8	62.2	66.7								$5,742
Triway High School	Public	9-12	3205 Shreve Rd	Wooster	44691	Wayne County	Triway Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 264-8685	355	28	12.6		333 (93.8%)	2 (0.6%)	10 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	76	112^th of 855 public high schools	86.9%		73.5	154^th of 864 public high schools	82.2%	42			80.5	93.8													94.7	82.8	69.6	65.7	$15,317
Triway Middle School	Public	6-8	3205 Shreve Rd	Wooster	44691	Wayne County	Triway Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 264-8685	364	16	22.7		342 (94.0%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	80.2	180^th of 1036 public middle schools	82.6%		79.3	202^nd of 1046 public middle schools	80.7%	22		87.0						60.7	69.4	71.1				63.7	76.9	75.7				100.0	$10,730
Wooster Township Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1071 Dover Rd	Wooster	44691	Wayne County	Triway Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 264-6252	352	19	18.5		310 (88.1%)	6 (1.7%)	9 (2.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.4%)	78.7	343^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	78.0%		73.3	476^th of 1577 public elementary schools	69.8%	133	91.5				71.8	82.5	81.7				73.2	73.0	84.5								$19,911
Wayne County Schools Career Center	Public	7-12	518 W Prospect St	Smithville	44677	Wayne County	Wayne County JVSD	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 669-7000	624	50	12.4	66.8%	530 (84.9%)	14 (2.2%)	48 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.0%)								(n/a)
Rittman High School	Public	9-12	50 Saurer St	Rittman	44270	Wayne County	Rittman Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 927-7140	212	17	12.7	98.6%	189 (89.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.1%)	70.5	188^th of 855 public high schools	78.0%		76.1	122^nd of 864 public high schools	85.9%	66			95.5	90.8													86.8	73.4	44.3	65.9	$22,370
Rittman Middle School	Public	6-8	50 Saurer St	Rittman	44270	Wayne County	Rittman Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 927-7100	190	18	10.3		179 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.7%)	69	346^th of 1036 public middle schools	66.6%		67.1	380^th of 1046 public middle schools	63.7%	34		83.1						44.2	58.9	64.1				50.0	74.6	70.4				100.0	$12,279
Rittman Elementary School	Public	K-5	131 N Metzger Ave	Rittman	44270	Wayne County	Rittman Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 927-7460	359	30	12.0	57.7%	326 (90.8%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.2%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.6%)	61.5	708^th of 1558 public elementary schools	54.6%		61.9	718^th of 1577 public elementary schools	54.5%	10	76.6				64.9	65.4	57.8				63.2	63.5	78.1								$13,094
Cornerstone Elementary School	Public	K-4	101 W Bowman St	Wooster	44691	Wayne County	Wooster City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 262-9666	347	22	15.8	79.5%	285 (82.1%)	12 (3.5%)	14 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (9.8%)	41.2	1012^th of 1558 public elementary schools	35.0%		30	1132^nd of 1577 public elementary schools	28.2%	120					58.2	46.8					59.7	58.4									$13,614
Edgewood Middle School	Public	5-7	2695 Graustark Path	Wooster	44691	Wayne County	Wooster City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 345-6475	704	43	16.4	51.3%	601 (85.4%)	17 (2.4%)	28 (4.0%)	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (7.1%)	67.6	357^th of 1036 public middle schools	65.5%		58.9	483^rd of 1046 public middle schools	53.8%	126	66.4						45.7	60.8	61.0				63.3	58.8	66.8						$14,838
Kean Elementary School	Public	K-4	432 Oldman Rd	Wooster	44691	Wayne County	Wooster City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 345-6634	313	16	19.5	29.7%	275 (87.9%)	3 (1.0%)	10 (3.2%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (5.8%)	76.8	392^nd of 1558 public elementary schools	74.8%		70.5	526^th of 1577 public elementary schools	66.6%	134					81.8	76.0					81.8	73.3									$14,338
Melrose Elementary School	Public	K-4	1641 Sunset Ln	Wooster	44691	Wayne County	Wooster City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 345-6434	251	14	17.6	53.0%	178 (70.9%)	7 (2.8%)	32 (12.7%)	8 (3.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (10.0%)	62.5	682^nd of 1558 public elementary schools	56.2%		56.8	818^th of 1577 public elementary schools	48.1%	136					65.4	63.0					67.3	80.4									$14,496
Parkview Elementary School	Public	K-4	773 Parkview Dr	Wooster	44691	Wayne County	Wooster City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 262-3821	264	15	17.7	50.4%	222 (84.1%)	9 (3.4%)	12 (4.5%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.4%)	59.2	747^th of 1558 public elementary schools	52.1%		40.8	1027^th of 1577 public elementary schools	34.9%	280					75.4	57.1					85.2	53.1									$15,467
Wooster High School	Public	8-12	515 Oldman Rd	Wooster	44691	Wayne County	Wooster City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 345-4000	1,182	68	17.3	45.8%	985 (83.3%)	37 (3.1%)	67 (5.7%)	9 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (7.0%)	54	409^th of 855 public high schools	52.2%		58.8	352^nd of 864 public high schools	59.3%	57		71.3	77.0	74.2						40.5						55.3	76.5	55.0	36.9	71.5	$16,664
Northwestern Middle School	Public	6-8	7569 N Elyria Rd	West Salem	44287	Wayne County	Northwestern Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 846-3974	284	19	15.0	45.8%	265 (93.3%)	2 (0.7%)	9 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	69.4	343^rd of 1036 public middle schools	66.9%		72	291^st of 1046 public middle schools	72.2%	52		69.8						68.3	58.8	43.1				72.0	83.0	52.3				100.0	$12,962
Northwestern High School	Public	9-12	7473 N Elyria Rd	West Salem	44287	Wayne County	Northwestern Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 846-3833	327	24	13.7	52.0%	310 (94.8%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	47.6	498^th of 855 public high schools	41.8%		59.6	336^th of 864 public high schools	61.1%	162			89.4	72.7													62.5	63.6	28.0	39.7	$17,826
Northwestern Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7334 N Elyria Rd	West Salem	44287	Wayne County	Northwestern Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 846-3519	632	37	16.8	43.7%	597 (94.5%)	2 (0.3%)	16 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.7%)	78.5	353^rd of 1558 public elementary schools	77.3%		79.8	319^th of 1577 public elementary schools	79.8%	34	83.2				83.7	90.5	86.9				64.8	75.2	75.7								$12,471

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