Summary:
High Schools located in Federal Hocking Local include one school: Federal Hocking High School in Stewart, OH, serving grades 9–12 with 211 students. Because it is the only district high school, parents should compare it with district and state averages rather than other local high schools.
The school’s profile is mixed. Its graduation rate is 96.4%, above the district’s 94.6%. However, chronic absenteeism is 39.0%, much higher than the district’s 26.9%. The student-teacher ratio is 15, and per-student spending is listed at $11,644, but only for 2018–2019; free/reduced lunch data is not reported. In SchoolDigger rank history, the school has a 1-star rating each of the last three years, moving from the 29th percentile in 2023–2024 to 16th in 2025–2026 (rank 666 of 795). The district is rated 2 stars and sits at the 30th percentile (541 of 773), so the high school ranks below the district aggregate.
On Ohio State Test End-of-Course exams, all six subjects in 2025–2026 are below the state proficiency rate. American History is the bright spot: proficiency rose from 43.1% to 61.4%, the school’s highest subject score, though it remains 11.8 percentage points below the state. Geometry is the biggest weakness at 8.5%, down from 25%, far below the state’s 43.3% and district’s 10.4%. American Government had the largest decline, from 62.7% to 44.4%, now 27.2 points below the state. Biology fell from 67.3% to 57.1%, losing its prior edge over the state. English II is nearly flat at 50.0% but 12.7 points below the state, and Algebra I fell to 42.5%, 19.1 points below the state and slightly below the district’s 43.2%. Overall, the school shows a strong graduation rate and an American History gain, but broad test-score underperformance, severe Geometry weakness, and high absenteeism.
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