Summary:
Napoleon Area City in Ohio is a two-school district serving about 1,655 students: Napoleon Elementary School covers grades PK–6 with 912 students, and Napoleon Junior/Senior High School covers grades 7–12 with 743 students, so there is no separate middle school. The Napoleon Area City district ranks 203 of 773 Ohio districts, the 74th percentile, and both schools earn 4 stars. This is a top-quartile district where both campuses beat the state in almost every tested subject.
The elementary school's standout is early literacy and math: 3rd Grade ELA at 90.9% proficient versus the state's 63.4%, 4th Grade Math at 90.5% versus 67.3%, and 6th Grade Math at 79.3% versus 56.2%. It is above state in 8 of 9 current tests. The junior/senior high shines in graduation and end-of-course results: a 93.8% graduation rate, Biology at 86.4% versus 67.0%, Algebra I at 77.0% versus 61.6%, and 7th Grade Math at 68.9% versus 48.6%. It is above state in 10 of 11 current tests, and its 2025–26 rank of 75th percentile edges the elementary school's 73rd.
Watch items: the elementary school's only below-state result is 5th Grade Science at 61.8% versus 62.7%, and the high school's is 8th Grade Math at 51.3% versus 52.0% — both under one point. Math slides sharply across the middle grades, from 79.3% in 6th to 68.9% in 7th to 51.3% in 8th, a 28-point drop while the state falls about 4.2 points; Geometry EOC at 50.7% is the lowest absolute score. Chronic absenteeism is higher at the junior/senior high (13.0%) than the elementary school (6.8%) and the district (9.7%). Rank histories differ: the elementary school moved from 84th to 83rd to 73rd percentile, while the high school went 81st to 71st to 75th.
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