East Clinton Local

East Clinton Local is a small rural Ohio district with four schools — two elementary schools serving PK–5, one junior high serving grades 6–8, and one high school serving grades 9–12 — enrolling 1,179 students total, with no alternative school. The district ranks 399 out of 773 Ohio districts (about the 48th percentile) with 2 stars, but that middle-of-the-pack ranking hides a big split between its elementary schools and its secondary schools.

Sabina Elementary School is the district's strongest school: 338 out of 1,560 elementary schools (78th percentile, 4 stars), with all seven tested subjects above state proficiency — including 4th grade math at 86.4% versus 67.3% statewide. That's an improvement from the 68th percentile two years earlier. New Vienna Elementary School ranks 690 out of 1,560 (56th percentile, 3 stars), with strong 3rd grade math and ELA but weaker 5th grade science and math (both 56.8%, below state), and its rank has slipped from the 69th percentile. New Vienna does have the district's best attendance at 9.8% chronic absenteeism, less than half the district's 20.3%.

Secondary results are the district's weak spot. East Clinton Junior High School ranks 562 out of 1,046 middle schools (46th percentile, 2 stars) and is below state in 7th/8th grade math and ELA. East Clinton High School ranks 571 out of 795 high schools (28th percentile, 1 star), with a strong 95.6% graduation rate but low proficiency — Geometry just 15.2% versus 43.3% statewide — and the district's highest absenteeism at 31.6%. Notably, per-student spending figures are from 2018–2019, and free/reduced lunch data are unavailable, so those comparisons are limited.