Gibsonburg Exempted Village

Gibsonburg Exempted Village serves roughly 748 students across three schools — an elementary (PK–5), a middle school (6–8), and a high school (9–12) — in a small northwest Ohio community. The district as a whole ranks 406 of 773 (47th percentile, 2 stars), but that average hides a sharp split: James J Hilfiker Elementary School is a 4-star, top-quartile school, while Gibsonburg Middle School and Gibsonburg High School are both 2-star schools.

Hilfiker Elementary (371 students) ranks 407 of 1560 (74th percentile) and posts 5th-grade science at 90.5% versus 62.7% statewide and 5th-grade math at 85.7% versus 59.1%. Its chronic absenteeism is just 5.9%. One watch item: 4th-grade ELA fell from 82.9% to 61.7%, essentially matching the state's 61.8%. Gibsonburg Middle School (157 students) improved to 47th percentile but remains 2 stars; 6th- and 7th-grade math and 8th-grade science are above state averages, while ELA is below state in all three grades and 8th-grade math is 37.2% versus 52.0% — though that is up sharply from 18.8%. It also has the district's highest student-teacher ratio, 22.4.

Gibsonburg High School (220 students) sits in the bottom third of Ohio high schools and graduates 100% of students, with American Government and American History above state averages and English II and Biology near them. Its weakness is math: Algebra I proficiency is 6.9% versus 61.6% statewide, down from 38.1%, and Geometry is 28.3% versus 43.3%. Chronic absenteeism is 12.7% at the high school and 12.6% at the middle school, more than double the elementary rate. Free/reduced lunch is 82.27% at the high school versus 42.86% at the elementary; the middle school's figure is not available.