Summary:
Tecumseh Local, a district in western Ohio serving the New Carlisle, Park Layne, and Donnelsville communities, educates about 2,555 students across five schools — three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school — covering grades K–12.
Among the elementary schools, Donnelsville Elementary School is the clear standout: it is the only district school with a current 3-star rating, ranking at the 61st percentile, and it has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 13.3%. Compared with New Carlisle Elementary School, the other grades 2–5 school, Donnelsville scored higher in every tested subject — including 5th grade science at 82.1% proficient versus 59.3%, and 4th grade math at 77.3% versus 60.3%. New Carlisle's weakest spot is 3rd grade math, where 39.5% of students were proficient versus 62.1% statewide. Tecumseh Middle School is improving, moving from the 43rd to the 49th percentile, with 6th grade math at 64.2%, above the state's 56.2%. Its 100% Algebra I proficiency is striking, but likely reflects a select group of students rather than the whole school.
Tecumseh High School is the district's main pressure point. Its graduation rate is strong at 96.6%, but chronic absenteeism is 32.5%, far above the district's 21.2%, and its rank has slipped to the 23rd percentile with 1 star. Geometry proficiency is 22.7% versus 43.3% statewide, and Algebra I is 42.0% versus 61.6%. Park Layne Elementary School serves grades K–2, so it has no test scores to evaluate, though it has the highest student-teacher ratio at 21.0. Note that free/reduced-lunch data is not reported here, and spending figures date to 2018–2019.
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