Holgate Local

Holgate Local is a small Ohio district with two schools serving 378 students: Holgate Elementary School (K–5, 162 students) and Holgate High School (grades 6–12, 216 students, with middle grades reported under the high school).

For parents comparing the two, the elementary school is the academic standout. In 2025–2026, it beat the state in 6 of 7 tested areas, including Mathematics 3rd Grade at 85.2% vs. 62.1%, English Language Arts 3rd Grade at 81.5% vs. 63.4%, Mathematics 5th Grade at 76.0% vs. 59.1%, and Science 5th Grade at 76.9% vs. 62.7%. Its only below-state result was English Language Arts 4th Grade at 57.1% vs. 61.8%, though it was still above the district value. Its chronic absenteeism is 2.6%, well below the district’s 5.0% and the high school’s 6.8%. It ranks 501 of 1,560, 68th percentile, 3 stars, up from 60th percentile in 2024–2025.

The high school is more mixed. It has a 97.1% graduation rate and above-state results in Biology (83.3% vs. 67.0%), Algebra I (75.0% vs. 61.6%), English II (71.1% vs. 62.7%), Mathematics 6th Grade (76.5% vs. 56.2%), and English Language Arts 6th Grade (68.6% vs. 56.0%). Weak spots include Geometry at 25.0%, 18.3 points below the state, 8th grade Science at 43.5% vs. 61.2%, 7th grade ELA at 48.5% vs. 62.7%, 8th grade Math at 41.2% vs. 52.0%, 7th grade Math at 39.4% vs. 48.6%, and 8th grade ELA at 56.5% vs. 58.3%. Its rank fell from 75th percentile and 4 stars in 2023–2024 to 48th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026. The district ranks 373 of 773, 52nd percentile, 3 stars. On simple averages, the elementary school is about 75.0% proficient vs. 63.8% statewide, while the high school is 59.4% vs. 59.6%. The high school reports 65.28% free/reduced lunch; the elementary school’s value is not reported. Per-pupil spending from 2018–2019 was $11,275 at the high school and $12,046 at the elementary school, with student/teacher ratios of 9.3 and 16.2.