Bryan City

Bryan City, Ohio is a two-school district serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: Bryan Elementary covers grades PK–5 with 865 students, and Bryan Middle School/High School covers grades 6–12 with 883 students, for a combined enrollment of 1,748. The Bryan City district as a whole ranks 276 of 773 Ohio districts, placing it at the 64th percentile with 3 stars.

Bryan Elementary is the clear standout. It holds 4 stars and ranks at the 76th percentile, up modestly over the past three years, and in 2025–2026 every one of its seven tested subjects and grades came in above the Ohio proficiency rate—by an average of roughly 14 percentage points. Highlights include 4th grade mathematics at 87.2% versus the state's 67.3%, 5th grade science at 82.4% versus 62.7%, and 3rd grade English language arts at 81.7% versus 63.4%. Chronic absenteeism is 9.0%, comfortably below the district's 12.4%.

Bryan Middle School/High School tells a more mixed story. It ranks 361 of 795 at the 55th percentile with 3 stars, a noticeable slide from the 74th percentile a year earlier, though its graduation rate remains strong at 96.2% and results are solid in American History (82.3% versus 73.2% statewide), American Government (79.6% versus 71.6%), and Algebra I (71.0% versus 61.6%). The clearest weak spot is 8th grade ELA at 47.5% versus the state's 58.3%, a 10.8-point gap, with 8th grade science and 7th grade ELA also slightly below state. Chronic absenteeism is 15.4%, above the district rate and far above the elementary school's 9.0%. Notably, both schools report the same 15.6 student/teacher ratio, so class size alone does not explain the difference in outcomes.