Summary:
Indian Lake Local is a three-school Ohio district serving PK–12 students, with 1,364 students across Indian Lake Elementary School (PK–4, 530), Indian Lake Middle School (5–8, 393), and Indian Lake High School (9–12, 441). The district is ranked 166 of 773 Ohio districts, at the 79th percentile with 4 stars. Overall, it is strong but uneven: the middle school is the standout, the elementary school is strong and improving, and the high school is improving but remains the relative weak link.
Indian Lake Middle School has the strongest overall profile: 155 of 1,046, 85th percentile, 4 stars, after 87th percentile in each of the previous two years. Its 2025–2026 simple average proficiency is 78.1% versus 59.0% statewide, and it reports 100% proficiency in Algebra I End of Course in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026. It has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 15.7 and chronic absenteeism of 11.9%, below the district’s 12.2%. Indian Lake Elementary School is also a standout: its rank percentile improved from 73 to 78 to 81, with 4 stars each year. It has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 9.0%, despite the highest free/reduced lunch percentage at 62.45%, and strong results such as 94.8% in 3rd grade ELA (31.4 points above the state) and 84.5% in 4th grade math (17.2 points above the state). Its 2025–2026 simple average is 81.9% versus 63.7% statewide.
Indian Lake High School improved from 48th percentile and 2 stars in 2024–2025 to 63rd percentile and 3 stars in 2025–2026, and its graduation rate is 98.3%. Its 2025–2026 simple average proficiency is 71.5% versus 63.2% statewide, above the state average but by a smaller margin than other schools. The clearest concerns are Geometry proficiency, 36.2% in 2025–2026 versus 43.3% statewide (and 31.6% versus 42.8% in 2024–2025), and chronic absenteeism at 16.5%, above the Indian Lake Local rate of 12.2%. Its student-teacher ratio is the highest at 20, compared with 15.7 at the middle school and 16 at the elementary school. Spending data is older, from 2018–2019, so it should be used cautiously. High school Algebra I rose from 41.3% in 2024–2025 to 81.6% in 2025–2026.
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