Chillicothe City

Chillicothe City serves roughly 2,490 students across four schools: two elementary schools — Chillicothe Primary School (K–2, 572 students) and Chillicothe Intermediate School (3–6, 719) — plus Chillicothe Middle School (7–8, 404) and Chillicothe High School (9–12, 795). The district ranks 563 of 773 in Ohio, at the 27th percentile with 1 star. Free/reduced-lunch percentages are blank for all four schools, so economic context is not available, and spending data cover only 2018–2019.

Chillicothe Middle School is the district's bright spot and the only school with a current 2-star rating — 539 of 1,046, the 48th percentile, well above the district's 27th. Its rank history is improving (38th → 43rd → 48th percentile), it has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 13.2, and its Algebra I proficiency is exceptional: 98.1% in 2025–2026 versus the state's 61.6%. Eighth-grade Science (68.9% vs. 61.2%) and 8th-grade ELA (61.1% vs. 58.3%) also beat the state. Its weak spot is 8th-grade Math, 34.9% vs. the state's 52.0%, though that improved from 26.7%. Excluding Algebra I, its grade-level tests average about 53.8% against a state average of about 56.6%, so the standout is concentrated.

Chillicothe High School is mixed: a 92.1% graduation rate and English II at 66.7% vs. the state's 62.7%, but Geometry at 28.0% vs. 43.3%, Algebra I at 43.9% vs. 61.6%, the district's highest chronic absenteeism at 39.5%, and a slide to 27th percentile/1 star. The Intermediate School has the widest gaps — all nine listed 2025–2026 tests fall below state, including 6th-grade Math at 31.2% vs. 56.2% — yet the lowest absenteeism, 31.2%. The Primary School has no state test scores, the highest student-teacher ratio (21.1), and absenteeism of 36.2%. Absenteeism is high district-wide, from 31.2% to 39.5% against a district figure of 35.2%.