Summary:
Eastern Local is a two-school Ohio district serving about 722 students, with grades K–6 at Eastern Elementary School (368 students) and grades 7–12 at Eastern High School (354 students); there is no middle school in the district.
The district's overall rating of 1 star and 28th percentile does not describe both schools equally well, because the two buildings look very different. Eastern Elementary School is the bright spot: 3 stars, 57th percentile, and a steadily improving rank percentile (54 to 55 to 57). Its 2025–26 results beat the state in most tested areas, led by 4th-grade ELA at +16.2 percentage points and 3rd-grade ELA at +12.2 points. Its only notable weak spots are 3rd-grade math (8.8 points below state) and 6th-grade ELA (1.6 points below). Chronic absenteeism at the elementary is 30.6%, better than the district's 37.8%.
Eastern High School faces the opposite situation: 1 star, 14th percentile, down from 25th the year before, with every reported 2025–26 test score below state. The largest gaps are in American Government (–37.0 points), Biology (–32.0), American History (–24.0), and Geometry (–20.2). Because the high school serves grades 7–12, its middle-grade results are part of the picture too, and 8th grade is especially weak (Math 8 at –18.7 points, ELA 8 at –17.7). Chronic absenteeism is 45.6%, meaning nearly half of students are chronically absent — 15.0 points higher than the elementary. The one clear positive is a 96.9% graduation rate, showing completion and proficiency tell different stories here.
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