Summary:
Shawnee Local is a four-school Ohio district serving roughly 2,239 students: two elementary schools — Elmwood Elementary School (K–2) and Maplewood Elementary School (3–4) — plus Shawnee Middle School (4–8) and Shawnee High School (8–12). Because the middle and high school both include grade 8, the enrollment total may count some students twice. The district as a whole ranks 202 of 773 Ohio districts, in the 74th percentile with 4 stars.
Shawnee High School is the district's strongest school, ranking in the 88th percentile with 4 stars and posting a 94.4% graduation rate. Its End-of-Course results are far above the state — English II 86.1% vs. 62.7%, Algebra I 86.5% vs. 61.6%, and Geometry 64.4% vs. 43.3% — and average proficiency climbed from 77.2% to 82.3% in a year. Shawnee Middle School also performs well above the state, with a striking 100% Algebra I proficiency, though its rank percentile eased from 84 to 75 over three years.
Maplewood Elementary School is the school to watch: it has the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 6.9% (versus 13.5% districtwide) and its highest free/reduced lunch rate at 43.35%, yet its rank slipped from 4 stars to 3 stars and average proficiency fell from 74.0% to 70.1%. Elmwood Elementary School has no state test data because it serves K–2; it has the lowest per-student spending ($9,379) and highest student-teacher ratio (20.3). Notably, absenteeism is higher at the secondary schools (15.7% and 15.3%) than at the elementaries, making attendance a key area to explore.
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