Summary:
Swanton Local (OH) serves roughly 1,111 students across three schools covering grades PK–12, and the district as a whole ranks 267 of 773 in the state — the 65th percentile, with 3 stars. One data quirk is worth knowing up front: the area counts one middle, one high, and one alternative school, and the school named Swanton Elementary School is classified as alternative, spanning grades PK–10 even though its test results cover only grades 3 and 4.
Swanton Middle School is the academic standout, holding 4 stars in each of the last three years (303 of 1,046, 71st percentile in 2025–2026) and posting results well above the state in 8th grade math (+28.0 points), 8th grade science (+21.3), 5th grade ELA (+18.2), and Algebra I (+31.3). Its weakness is 7th grade math, 7.9 points below state. Swanton Elementary School has the lowest chronic absenteeism of the three at 9.2% — 5.9 points below the district — and strong 3rd and 4th grade math and 3rd grade ELA, though 4th grade ELA fell 9.6 points to 62.0, essentially at the state average.
Swanton High School is the main concern. It dropped to 2 stars and the 43rd percentile (456 of 795), with Geometry at 6.3% proficiency — 37.0 points below state and down 40.6 points from the prior year — and Algebra I at 44.4%, down 20.6 points. Its 97.0% graduation rate is a bright spot, but chronic absenteeism climbs from 9.2% in elementary to 16.1% in middle to 23.5% in high school, 8.4 points above the district. The district's overall 3-star rating masks this split between a strong middle school and a struggling high school.
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