Jefferson Township Local

Jefferson Township Local is a small Ohio district with just two schools serving 276 students in total: Blairwood Elementary School for grades K–6 (148 students) and Jefferson Junior/Senior High School for grades 7–12 (128 students), so middle grades are housed in the high school rather than a separate middle school. The district ranks 681 of 773 schools statewide, in the 12th percentile with 1 star.

Between the two, Jefferson Junior/Senior High School is the relative bright spot. It ranks 595 of 795 (25th percentile, 1 star) — ahead of the elementary school and the district — and its percentile has climbed over three years from 14 to 20 to 25. It is the only school in the data set with test scores above the state average: American Government at 81.8% proficient versus 71.6% statewide, and American History at 77.3% versus 73.2%. Geometry is essentially at the state level (42.9% vs 43.3%). Still, most other subjects fall well below state averages, and engagement is a serious concern: chronic absenteeism is 52.2%, more than half the students, with a 71.4% graduation rate.

Blairwood Elementary School has better attendance — 30.0% chronic absenteeism versus the district's 39.3% — and a smaller student-teacher ratio of 13.4 versus 18.2 at the high school. Academically, though, it ranks in the 9th percentile with 0 stars in its rank history, and every reported subject is below the state average. Its highest score, 5th grade English Language Arts at 46.7%, is still 23.7 points below the state's 70.4%, while 6th grade math is 5.9% and 4th grade math is 11.1%. Because enrollment is small, year-to-year swings should be read cautiously, and free/reduced lunch data is blank, so socioeconomic context is unavailable.