Summary:
Berne Union Local is a small Ohio district with just two schools serving about 813 students: Berne Union Elementary School, which covers prekindergarten through grade 6 with 447 students, and Berne Union High School, which covers grades 7 through 12 with 366 students. There is no separate middle school, so seventh- and eighth-grade results appear under the high school. The district is rated 3 stars and ranks 289 of 773 schools, placing it at the 63rd percentile statewide.
The two schools have very different profiles. The elementary school is the stronger performer in English language arts and science: in 2025–2026, grade 3 ELA was 88.9 versus the state's 63.4, grade 6 ELA was 83.9 versus 56.0, and grade 5 science was 84 versus 62.7. Its clearest concern is grade 4 math, which fell from 80.9 to 49.2 — now 18.1 points below the state. The high school stands out for its 98.6% graduation rate and a broad rebound: it went from several tests below state in 2024–2025 to only grade 8 science below state in 2025–2026, with large gains in grade 8 math (36.5 to 54.1), grade 8 ELA (46.7 to 62.5), English II (54.9 to 73.8), and American History (72.5 to 80.6).
Both schools are now rated 3 stars, but their trends differ. The elementary school slipped from 4 stars to 3 stars yet still ranks at the 69th percentile, while the high school improved from 2 stars to 3 stars and rose from the 42nd to the 53rd percentile. Chronic absenteeism is 13.6% at the elementary school — below the district's 14.8% — and 16.3% at the high school, above it, a concern worth watching alongside the strong graduation rate.
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