Summary:
New Knoxville Local is a small Ohio district serving about 410 students across just two schools — New Knoxville Elementary School for grades K–8 and New Knoxville High School for grades 9–12. There is no middle school and no alternative school. Despite its size, the district is highly rated: rank 47 of 773 in Ohio, the 94th percentile, with 5 stars. Both schools also earned 5 stars in each of the last three years of rank history.
New Knoxville Elementary School is the academic standout, enrolling 299 students — about 2.7× the high school, or 72.9% of the district. It ranked 61 of 1,560 (96th percentile) in 2025–26, down from 24 of 1,558 and 17 of 1,577 in the prior two years. Test scores are far above state averages, including 100% proficiency in 4th-grade math, 7th-grade ELA, and Algebra I. Chronic absenteeism is very low at 3.0%. The clearest soft spot is 8th-grade math, which fell below the state average in both reported years: 31.6% vs 47.6%, then 47.1% vs 52.0%.
New Knoxville High School has a 100.0% graduation rate and strong End-of-Course results: Geometry 91.7% vs 43.3% state, American Government 94.9% vs 71.6%, Biology 94.6% vs 67.0%, and English II 92.1% vs 62.7%. Algebra I, however, dropped to 57.1%, below the state's 61.6% and far below the elementary school's 100%. Chronic absenteeism is 15.7%, more than 5× the elementary school's 3.0% and over double the district's 6.7%. Its free/reduced-lunch rate is 72.97%, and it has a much lower student–teacher ratio (7.4 vs 21.3) and higher per-student spending ($12,875 vs $10,792).
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