Upper Scioto Valley Local

Upper Scioto Valley Local is a small Ohio district serving roughly 470 students across three schools: Upper Scioto Valley Elementary School (K–6), Upper Scioto Valley Middle School (7–8), and Upper Scioto Valley High School (9–12). The district is rated 2 stars and ranks 517th of 773 Ohio districts, at the 33rd percentile. The elementary school enrolls 257 students, the high school 159, and the middle school only 54, so middle-school percentages can swing heavily from just a few students. Free/reduced-lunch information is blank for all three schools and should be treated as unknown, not zero.

Academically, the high school has the strongest overall results, with a 96.6% graduation rate, Biology at 81.6% proficient vs. 67.0% state, American Government at 75.6% vs. 71.6%, and English II at 68.3% vs. 62.7%. Its major weakness is Geometry: only 19.5% proficient vs. 43.3% state, down from 30.0%. Excluding Geometry, the high school average is about 71.6% vs. 67.2% state. The elementary school is strongest in math: 4th grade math 78.1% vs. 67.3%, 5th grade math 69.7% vs. 59.1%, and 6th grade math 63.2% vs. 56.2%. But 3rd grade math is 44.4% vs. 62.1%, and 4th grade ELA is 43.8% vs. 61.8%. The middle school struggles most: 8th grade science is 28.6% proficient vs. 61.2% state, down from 53.8%, and its unweighted average is 43.6% vs. 56.6% state.

Other metrics show the elementary and middle schools have chronic absenteeism below the district’s 16.1% (15.3% and 15.6%), while the high school is higher at 19.2% despite its 96.6% graduation rate. The middle school also reports an extreme student/teacher ratio of 54.0, compared with 15.1 at the elementary school and 13.2 at the high school; with 54 students, this may be a data-quality issue but is a staffing concern as reported. Spending data is from 2018–19: $11,903 per student at the high school, $10,498 at the elementary, and $8,350 at the middle. Overall, high school science/social studies and graduation are strengths, elementary math is a bright spot, and middle school science/ELA plus high school Geometry are the clearest concerns.