Summary:
Highland Local is a five-school district in Medina County, Ohio serving roughly 3,336 students from prekindergarten through 12th grade, and every one of its schools ranks in the top 4% of Ohio — a 5-star district ranked 13th of 773 statewide.
Within the district, Hinckley Elementary School is the standout: ranked 18th of 1,560 elementary schools (99th percentile), it has the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 3.3% and top results such as 97 in 5th-grade math and science. Granger Elementary School is close behind at 27th (98th percentile), posting the district's highest elementary ELA figure, 97.1 in 5th grade. Sharon Elementary School ranks 63rd — still excellent, but its 5th-grade science slipped to 77.5 from 88.9. At the secondary level, Highland Middle School reached 100% proficiency in Geometry in both years, far above the state's 43.3%, while Highland High School climbed from 50th to 15th of 795 schools in three years with a 99.3% graduation rate.
Two patterns matter most for families. First, chronic absenteeism rises steadily with grade level: 3.3% at Hinckley, 6.0% at Sharon, 6.7% at Granger, 9.3% at the middle school, and 11.5% at the high school — the only school above the district's 8.3%. Second, the middle school's student–teacher ratio of 25.4 is far higher than the other schools' 18.9–19.5, though results have not suffered. Poverty is low and similar across all five schools (about 9–12%), and per-student spending figures date to 2018–19, so treat them as historical context only.
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