Summary:
Ottawa Hills Local is a small, two-school district in Ohio serving 1,029 students total: Ottawa Hills Elementary School for grades K–6 (enrollment 554) and Ottawa Hills High School for grades 7–12 (enrollment 475). There is no separate middle school or alternative school. The district ranks 11th of 773 Ohio districts, placing it in the 99th percentile with 5 stars, and both of its schools also hold 5-star ratings.
The two schools are both elite, but the Ottawa Hills High School is the standout: it ranks 7th of 795 Ohio high schools (99th percentile) and has ranked in the top 10 for three straight years. Its graduation rate is 100.0%, and its strongest results include American History at 98.6%, American Government at 97.4%, English II at 97.1%, and Algebra I at 96.3%. The Ottawa Hills Elementary School ranks 34th of 1,560 elementary schools (98th percentile), with top results in ELA 5th grade (95.3%), ELA 4th grade (95.0%), Math 6th grade (94.0%), and Math 4th grade (93.7%). Averaged across tested subjects, both schools run roughly 30 percentage points above comparable state rates.
A few items are worth watching. Math is the relative soft spot at the high school—Mathematics 7 at 76.5%, Mathematics 8 at 77.8%, and Geometry at 82.3%—still well above state averages but below the school's history, government, and English II results. High school 8th grade math fell from 90.2% in 2024–25 to 77.8% in 2025–26, a 12.4-point drop, and sits below the district's 83.7%. Attendance also differs by level: chronic absenteeism is 8.6% at the elementary school and 13.3% at the high school, versus 10.8% district-wide. The high school has a lower student-teacher ratio (14.6 vs. 17.4) and higher reported per-student spending ($14,570 vs. $12,674), though that spending figure is from 2018–19 and should not be used to draw firm conclusions today. Free/reduced lunch is not reported for either school.
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