Summary:
Elementary schools in Hardin Northern Local consist of a single school: Hardin Northern Elementary School, located at 11589 State Route 81 in Dola, Ohio. It serves grades K–6 with 211 students, so everything reported at the school level is also the district's elementary picture. Test results are published for grades 3–6 in Mathematics and English Language Arts, plus grade 5 Science.
Academically, the school is performing well above Ohio averages. Every reported 2025–2026 result beat the state, with margins ranging from +10.0 points in grade 5 Science to +20.0 points in grade 4 English Language Arts. The strongest single results were grade 5 English Language Arts at 87.9% proficient (versus 70.4% statewide), grade 4 Mathematics at 86.4% (versus 67.3%), and grade 4 English Language Arts at 81.8% (versus 61.8%). Averaging the reported grades, overall proficiency rose from 71.4% in 2024–2025 to 76.8% in 2025–2026, while the state sat near 61–62%; the gap over the state widened from roughly +10.2 points to +14.7 points. Sixth grade showed the biggest turnaround: Mathematics went from 47.2% to 69.0% and ELA from 50.0% to 69.0% across the two years, moving both from below to above state averages.
On rankings, the school placed 341 of 1,560 schools in 2025–2026 (78th percentile, 4 stars), recovering from 502 of 1,558 (68th percentile, 3 stars) in 2024–2025 but still slightly under its 80th percentile in 2023–2024. Chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 11.6% at the school versus 17.5% for the district, a 5.9-point difference favoring the school, though the district figure may span grades beyond elementary. The student–teacher ratio was 13.1 in 2024–2025, and spending was $12,607 per student in 2018–2019. Note that the free/reduced lunch percentage is blank, so it should not be assumed to be zero, and the spending figure is dated.
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