Summary:
Vanlue Local is a very small Ohio district with just two schools — Vanlue Elementary School (grades K–5, 49 students) and Vanlue High School (grades 6–12, 81 students) — serving 130 students total, with the district ranked 525 of 773 districts (32nd percentile, 2 stars). Because Vanlue High School spans grades 6–12, Vanlue Local has no separate middle school, so middle-grade math, ELA, and science results sit inside the high school's data.
The two schools look very different. Vanlue High School reports a 100% graduation rate in 2025–2026, American Government at 85.7% proficient (state 72.6%), 8th grade math at 70% (state 47.6%), and 8th grade science at 63.6% (state 61.2%). Vanlue Elementary School stands out for attendance — 3.8% chronic absenteeism versus 13.9% at the high school and 9.5% district-wide — along with a student-teacher ratio of 4.8 (high school: 14.7) and $18,705 per-student spending (high school: $15,144).
Concerns center on early academics and high-school math. Elementary 3rd grade math is 25% proficient (state 62.1%) and 3rd grade ELA 41.7% (state 63.4%). At the high school, Algebra I is 50% (state 61.6%) and Geometry 36.4% (state 42.8%), and its rank fell to 581 of 795, 27th percentile, 1 star in 2025–2026, down from 56th percentile, 3 stars the year before. The high school reports 70.37% free/reduced lunch; the elementary figure is not reported. With cohorts this small, a few students can move these rates, so single-year swings deserve caution.
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