Summary:
Circleville City is a three-school Ohio district serving about 2,114 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: Circleville Elementary School (PK–5, 1,110 students), Circleville Middle School (6–8, 476 students), and Circleville High School (9–12, 528 students). The district carries a 1-star rating and ranks 589 of 773 Ohio districts, placing it in the bottom quarter statewide. All three buildings fall in the bottom half of their comparison groups, so this is a district-wide pattern rather than one troubled school.
There are real bright spots. Circleville Middle School's Algebra I results were 100% proficient in 2025–2026 and 93.5% the year before, roughly 34 to 38 points above the state, most likely a small group of advanced eighth graders testing early. The high school's American History score of 74.6% edged above the state and was the largest one-year gain in the file, up 15.4 points, and its 95.7% graduation rate is the strongest single figure in the data. Eighth grade math also came in above the state in both years.
The challenges are concentrated and specific. Seventh grade math is the lowest and most persistent result in the file, at 19.1% proficient in 2025–2026, down from 28.1%. Eighth grade ELA (38.8%) and science (41.8%) each sit about 19 points below state, while high school Geometry (33.3%) and Algebra I (46.3%) trail well behind. The elementary school averaged above state in 2024–2025 but fell to about 8 points below state the following year. High school chronic absenteeism is 26.9%, above the district's 22.7%. Per-student spending figures date to 2018–2019 and vary only slightly between schools.
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