Sandusky City

Sandusky City is a five-school Ohio district serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade, with a PK–K early learning academy, two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, enrolling 3,105 students in total. The district is rated 1 star and ranks 671 out of 773 Ohio districts, placing it in the 13th percentile, and no school in the district currently ranks above the 25th percentile.

Among the schools, Sandusky High School is by far the largest with 1,028 students, but it also holds the lowest current school percentile at 13th, the highest chronic absenteeism at 36.1%, and the lowest single test result in the data set — Geometry proficiency of 7.3%, versus 43.3% statewide — even though its graduation rate is 91.3%. Sandusky Middle School has the strongest relative position at the 25th percentile, the lowest student–teacher ratio at 14.7, and the only result above the state average: Algebra I End of Course proficiency of 100%, versus district 41.3% and state 61.6%. The Sandusky Intermediate School is the largest elementary at 892 students and has the highest per-student spending at $11,537 (2018–2019), while every reported test score falls below the state average. The Sandusky Primary School has the best attendance at 28.4% chronically absent, and The Early Learning Academy has the highest student–teacher ratio at 19.1.

Parents should note that chronic absenteeism is high district-wide — at the high school, more than 1 in 3 students is chronically absent, and even the lowest rate is above 1 in 4. Per-student spending figures are from 2018–2019 and too dated to draw firm conclusions, and free/reduced-lunch percentages are blank for every school, so economic context is unavailable. The PK–K and 1–2 schools have no test data, and year-to-year test changes are mixed, with some subjects improving and others declining.