Summary:
Pymatuning Valley Local School District is a small Ohio district serving about 1,103 students across three schools: Pymatuning Valley Primary Elementary School (PK–4, 459 students), Pymatuning Valley Middle School (5–8, 287 students), and Pymatuning Valley High School (9–12, 357 students). The Pymatuning Valley Local School District ranks 480th of 773 Ohio districts — the 38th percentile — with a 2-star rating, and all three schools currently hold 2 stars as well. Free/reduced-lunch percentages are not reported for any school, so they are unknown.
Each school has a distinct strength. Elementary math is outstanding: 3rd grade math at 71.4% proficient versus 62.1% statewide, and 4th grade math at 86.7% versus 67.3%. The elementary also has the district's lowest chronic absenteeism, at 16.8% against 26.6% district-wide. The middle school's Algebra I results are exceptional at 89.2% proficient versus 61.6% state, with 8th grade science, 7th grade math, and 5th grade math also above state. The high school's clear asset is its 91.0% graduation rate, plus above-state results in Biology, American History, and American Government.
Weaknesses are just as uneven. 8th grade math sits at only 13.9% proficient versus 52% state, and high school Algebra I fell to 30.4% from 59.1% the prior year. Elementary ELA is below state in 3rd and 4th grade, and English II is below state at 57.3% versus 62.7%. Chronic absenteeism rises with grade level — 29.5% at the middle school and 37.7% at the high school, the district's highest. Rank trends have slipped: the elementary went from 70th percentile and 4 stars to 49th and 2 stars, the middle from 57th and 3 stars to 46th and 2 stars, and the high school from 39th to 35th percentile. Historical per-student spending ($8,467 elementary, $10,681 middle, $12,626 high school in 2018–19) and student-teacher ratios do not line up simply with outcomes.
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