Bluffton Exempted Village

Bluffton Exempted Village is a small Ohio district serving about 1,248 students across three schools: Bluffton Elementary School (K–5, 534 students), Bluffton Middle School (6–8, 294 students), and Bluffton High School (9–12, 420 students). As a district it ranks 49th of 773 Ohio districts — the 94th percentile — and earns a 5-star rating, so families here are choosing among schools that all perform above the state average.

Elementary and middle school results are the district's strongest. Bluffton Elementary School earns 5 stars and ranked 43rd of 1,560 elementary schools, in the 97th percentile, in 2025–2026, after 5-star placements the two prior years. Its reported proficiency sits far above Ohio's: 96.3% in 3rd-grade math vs. 62.1% state, 95.0% in 5th-grade ELA vs. 70.4%, and 86.3% in 5th-grade science vs. 62.7%. Its chronic absenteeism, 4.2%, is the lowest in the district. Bluffton Middle School also earns 5 stars, ranking 43rd of 1,046 middle schools, in the 96th percentile, and has improved from the 91st to the 94th to the 96th percentile over three years. Its Algebra I End of Course result was 100% proficient, against 61.6% statewide.

Bluffton High School is strong but comparatively less dominant: 4 stars, 135th of 795 high schools, in the 83rd percentile, down from the 89th percentile the year before, though still top 17% in Ohio, with a 95.9% graduation rate. Its End of Course scores all beat state averages, but by narrower margins; Geometry is the lowest at 67.7% (state 43.3%), down from 78.3%, and Algebra I's 79.7% trails the district's 84.8%. Chronic absenteeism rises to 11.3%, the district's highest and well above the district's 6.7%. One data note: the middle school's reported free/reduced-lunch rate of 80.27% contrasts sharply with the high school's 12.38%, and the elementary figure is not reported.