Summary:
Yellow Springs Exempted Village is a small Ohio district with two schools: Mills Lawn Elementary School, serving PK–6, and Yellow Springs Middle & High School, serving grades 7–12, with total reported enrollment of 609 students. The district ranks 199th out of 773 Ohio districts—the 74th percentile—and has a 4-star rating. Both schools also have 4 stars. Yellow Springs Middle & High School enrolls 327 students, while Mills Lawn Elementary School enrolls 282. There are no separately reported middle or alternative schools; middle grades 7–8 are part of the high school building.
Academically, Mills Lawn Elementary School is the standout in 2025–2026, with average proficiency well above state in most tested subjects. Examples include 6th grade math at 86.1% vs. 56.2% state, 6th grade ELA at 81.6% vs. 56.0% state, and 5th grade ELA at 86.7% vs. 70.4% state. Yellow Springs Middle & High School is strong in science, social studies, English, and graduation: 8th grade science 80% vs. 61.2% state, English II 78% vs. 62.7%, Algebra I 77.6% vs. 61.6%, American Government 81% vs. 71.6%, American History 80.4% vs. 73.2%, and Biology 78.8% vs. 67.0%. Its graduation rate is 96.9%, essentially matching the district’s 97.0%. Math is more uneven: 7th grade math is 47.8% vs. 48.6% state, while Geometry is 52.6% vs. 43.3% state but below the district’s 54.0%.
Outside test scores, Mills Lawn Elementary School has lower chronic absenteeism—21.3% vs. 26.6% at Yellow Springs Middle & High School and 23.6% district-wide. Economic profiles are very similar: free/reduced lunch is 35.82% at Mills Lawn Elementary School and 35.47% at Yellow Springs Middle & High School. Available 2018–2019 spending is also close, at $11,241 per student at Mills Lawn Elementary School and $11,790 at Yellow Springs Middle & High School, and student-teacher ratios are 16.5 vs. 17.2. One trend to watch: the high school’s rank percentile has slipped from 82 to 75 to 71 over three years, while Mills Lawn Elementary School recovered from 74 to 82 in 2025–2026. Parents should note that spending data is older than test, absenteeism, and graduation data.
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