North Ridgeville City

North Ridgeville City is a five-school Ohio district serving roughly 4,486 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, and it ranks 136th of 773 Ohio districts — the 82nd percentile — with 4 stars. Enrollment splits across two elementary schools, North Ridgeville Early Childhood Learning Community (PK–K) and Liberty Elementary School (grades 1–2), two middle schools, North Ridgeville Academic Center and Ranger High Technical Academy (both grades 3–8), and one high school, North Ridgeville High School (grades 9–12). Most students attend the two largest schools: Academic Center with 1,855 students and the high school with 1,248.

Ranger High Technical Academy is the district's clear standout: 31st of 1,046 schools statewide (97th percentile, 5 stars), with 8th grade math at 93.0, 8th grade ELA at 93.3, 8th grade science at 95.6, and Algebra I at 100. It also has the district's lowest chronic absenteeism (8.5%), lowest free/reduced lunch rate (14.67%), and lowest student-teacher ratio (14.3) — though its small size (259 students) and lower poverty rate are important context. North Ridgeville High School ranks 172nd of 795 (78th percentile, 4 stars), graduates 96.2% of students, and beats state averages in all six tested end-of-course subjects, but its chronic absenteeism of 20.9% is the highest in the district. Academic Center ranks in the 74th percentile with 4 stars, and its advanced middle-school math is exceptional, with Algebra I at 100 and Geometry at 96.6.

Comparing schools, chronic absenteeism rises with grade level: Ranger at 8.5%, Liberty at 9.6%, Early Childhood at 10.5%, Academic Center at 12.5%, and the high school at 20.9% — well above the district rate of 14.3%. Free/reduced lunch sits near 31% at Liberty, Academic Center, and the high school, versus 25.6% at Early Childhood and just 14.67% at Ranger. Because Liberty and Early Childhood serve the earliest grades, they have no current test scores, and per-student spending figures date to 2018-19.