Summary:
Ironton City School District in Ohio serves about 1,276 students across three schools: Ironton Elementary School for grades PK–5 (600 students), Ironton Middle School for grades 6–8 (299 students), and Ironton High School for grades 9–12 (377 students). The Ironton City School District as a whole ranks 419 out of 773 Ohio districts — the 46th percentile — with 2 stars, but that overall rating hides big differences among its schools.
Ironton High School is the strongest, ranking 275 out of 795 high schools (65th percentile, 3 stars) and climbing from the 35th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 65th in 2025–2026. It has a 99.2% graduation rate, the lowest chronic absenteeism of the three at 14.9%, and beats the state in all six reported End-of-Course subjects, with its biggest leads in American History (87.4% vs 73.2%) and Algebra I (77.8% vs 61.6%). Ironton Middle School (514 of 1,046, 51st percentile, 3 stars) stands out in math: grades 6, 7, and 8 all beat the state, and its Algebra I End of Course proficiency is 100% against the state's 61.6%. Its weak spot is 8th grade science at 37.8% versus the state's 61.2%, down sharply from 80.7% the year before, and ELA is below state in all three middle grades.
Ironton Elementary School ranks lowest, at 1,053 of 1,560 (32nd percentile, 2 stars), and its percentile has slipped from 42 to 38 to 32 over three years. It has the highest chronic absenteeism (19.3%, compared with 16.1% at the middle school and 14.9% at the high school) and is below the state in six of seven reported subjects, including 5th grade math (38.1% vs 59.1%) and 4th grade ELA (45.3% vs 61.8%); 3rd grade ELA is its bright spot at 65.1% versus the state's 63.4%. Across the district, science and ELA results are uneven — strong in high school Biology but weak in elementary and middle school science — while math is clearly a middle-school strength.
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