Summary:
The Girard City School District in Ohio serves about 1,489 students across four schools: one elementary school (grades K–3), two middle schools (grades 4–6 and 7–8), and one high school (grades 9–12), with no alternative schools. Districtwide, the system is rated 2 stars and ranks 403 of 773 schools — the 48th percentile — with chronic absenteeism of 24.7%. That overall profile, however, hides large differences among the individual schools.
Girard Junior High School is the strongest performer: 3 stars, 70th percentile (319 of 1,046 schools), and above the state in every reported 2025–2026 test, including ELA 7th grade at 80.0% vs. the state's 62.7% and Algebra I at 100% vs. 61.6%, though that Algebra result likely reflects a small, advanced cohort. Prospect Elementary School is a bright spot for early literacy, with 3rd-grade ELA at 70.9% vs. the state's 63.4%, and the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 17.8%. Girard Senior High School performs well in English II (73.4% vs. 62.7%), American History (82.9% vs. 73.2%), and Biology (76.5% vs. 67.0%), and graduates 94.9% of students.
The clearest weak points are high school math and attendance. Geometry proficiency is 27.0% vs. the state's 43.3%, and Algebra I is 50.6% vs. 61.6%; the high school also has the district's highest chronic absenteeism at 37.4%, roughly 1.5 times the district's 24.7%. Girard Intermediate Middle School has the weakest academic profile, with most math and ELA results below state, making grades 4–6 look like the soft spot in the pipeline. Free/reduced lunch is not reported for the intermediate or junior high, so treat those figures as unknown, not zero.
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