Summary:
Wellington Exempted Village is a small Ohio district with three public schools serving grades K–12 — Westwood Elementary School (grades K–3, 294 students), Mccormick Middle School (grades 4–8, 338 students), and Wellington High School (grades 9–12, 228 students) — enrolling 860 students total. The Wellington Exempted Village district is rated 2 stars and ranks 529th of 773 Ohio districts, in the 32nd percentile. Free or reduced lunch rates run 45.27% at Mccormick Middle and roughly 59% at the other two schools.
There are real strengths to build on. Mccormick Middle's Algebra I results are the standout of the entire data set: 81.3% proficient in 2025–2026 and 91.7% the year before, both far above the state's 61.6%. Wellington High posted a 97.5% graduation rate, raised English II from 52.7% to 74.6% (above the state's 62.7%), and stays above state in American Government (74.7%) and American History (75.0%). At Westwood, third graders were well above state in 2024–2025, with Math at 80.0% and ELA at 72.7%.
The concerns are just as clear. Mccormick Middle's 8th grade is the biggest red flag: Math 26.7% vs. 52.0% state, ELA 33.8% vs. 58.3%, and Science falling from 66.7% to 38.8%. Wellington High's math pipeline is weak — Algebra I dropped from 55.4% to 38.0% and Geometry sits at 41.7% — and its chronic absenteeism is the district's highest at 24.2%. Westwood's third grade reversed sharply, with Math dropping 29.3 points to 50.7% and ELA falling 14.8 points to 57.9%. One equity note: Westwood has the highest student-teacher ratio (15.8) and the lowest per-student spending ($9,917 in 2018–2019), even though its poverty rate is nearly identical to the high school's.
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