Summary:
Niles City is a small Ohio district serving about 1,877 students across four schools spanning pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: McKinley High School (grades 9–12, 530 students), Niles Primary School (PK–2, 455), Niles Intermediate School (2–7, 452), and Niles Middle School (6–8, 440). The district ranks 509 of 773 districts, placing it in the 34th percentile with 2 stars, and enrollment is fairly evenly spread across the four buildings.
The strongest academic results appear at the middle and intermediate levels. Niles Middle School posted Algebra I End-of-Course proficiency of 100% in both 2025–2026 and 2024–2025, well above the district's 76.2% and the state's 61.6% — though this almost certainly reflects a small advanced cohort rather than all students. It also has the district's lowest student-teacher ratio at 13.2. Niles Intermediate School is the math and science bright spot, with 4th-grade math at 78.8% proficient versus 67.3% statewide, 5th-grade math at 65.9% versus 59.1%, and the lowest chronic absenteeism in the district at 23.3%.
McKinley High School is the clearest concern. Chronic absenteeism is 48.5%, highest in the district and well above the district's 35.9%, and its latest rank is 601 of 795, 24th percentile with 1 star, down from 2 stars the prior year. Geometry proficiency is 24.0% versus 43.3% statewide, American History 54.1% versus 73.2%, and American Government 56.3% versus 71.6%; all six reported end-of-course subjects declined year over year. Niles Primary School has only older rank data and no test scores, with absenteeism of 30.9%. Across the district, reading/ELA is a recurring weakness, and free/reduced-lunch figures are blank for all four schools, so economic context is unknown.
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