Norwood City

Norwood City is a small Ohio district serving about 1,698 students across six schools: four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. Elementary enrollment totals 892 across Sharpsburg Elementary (261), Williams Avenue Elementary School (257), Norwood View Elementary School (250), and The Norwood Montessori School (124). Norwood Middle School enrolls 371 and Norwood High School enrolls 435. At the district level, Norwood City ranks 504th of 773 districts — the 35th percentile — with 2 stars, and every ranked school also holds 2 stars.

Performance varies widely by school and subject. Norwood Middle School stands out for Algebra I proficiency at 100% in both years, far above the state's 59.4% and 61.6%, though this likely reflects a small advanced group. Sharpsburg posts strong 2025-26 fourth-grade results — 78.1% in both math and ELA — but its third-grade ELA is just 40%. Norwood View keeps fourth-grade math high at 72.2%, yet fifth-grade math fell to 34.4%. Williams Avenue has the lowest chronic absenteeism among ranked schools at 20.1%. Norwood High is strongest in American History (76.9%) and Biology (70.9%), but Geometry (39.3%) and Algebra I (55.3%) trail the state. Montessori, the smallest at 124 students, has the highest single result — 81.8% in third-grade ELA — and the lowest absenteeism at 12.4%.

Across the district, only 9 of 37 listed 2025-26 test results were above the state proficiency rate, down from 16 of 35 in 2024-25, and only 4 of 16 math tests beat the state. Chronic absenteeism climbs sharply by grade level — about 22.7% at the elementary schools, 33.2% at the middle school, and 47.6% at the high school, 15 points above the district's 32.6%. Rank percentiles have slipped since 2023-24: the high school went from 48th to 38th, Sharpsburg from 59th to 45th, and Norwood View from 53rd to 40th. Reported per-student spending (2018-19) ranges from $8,277 at the middle school to $11,838 at Williams Avenue, but shows no simple link to outcomes.