Summary:
Grand Valley Local is a small Ohio district near Orwell with three schools serving 814 students across grades K–12: Grand Valley Elementary School (K–4, 369 students), Grand Valley Middle School (5–8, 172 students), and Grand Valley High School (9–12, 273 students), with the Grand Valley Local district ranked 454th of 773 Ohio districts, at the 41st percentile with 2 stars.
Grand Valley Middle School posts the district's highest academic peaks — 90.5% proficient in Algebra I (state: 61.6%), 77.4% in 7th grade ELA (62.7% state), and 73.2% in 8th grade science (61.2% state) — while also having the lowest student-teacher ratio (12.9) and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (53.49%). Its grade-level results are far weaker, though: 8th grade math is 35.1% against 52.0% statewide, 5th grade ELA 58.9% against 70.4%, and 6th grade ELA 44.6% against 56.0%. Strong advanced performance sits alongside broad grade-level gaps.
Grand Valley High School graduates 96.9% of students, and its Algebra I (76.7%), American Government (75%) and Biology (70.9%) results beat the state, but Geometry is 35.1% versus 43.3% statewide, and chronic absenteeism is 31.9% — the district's highest. Grand Valley Elementary School has the lowest absenteeism (18.0%) and a bright spot in 4th grade math (73.8% vs. 67.3% state), despite the highest free/reduced lunch rate (68.02%) and student-teacher ratio (16.7). Absenteeism climbs steadily with grade level — 18.0%, then 24.7%, then 31.9% — against a district rate of 24.3%, and the middle and high schools both slipped from 3 stars in 2024–25 back to 2 stars in 2025–26.
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