Summary:
Northern Local is an Ohio district serving about 2,162 students across five schools — three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school, with no alternative school. The district as a whole ranks 280th out of 773 in Ohio, placing it in the 64th percentile with 3 stars. Enrollment is concentrated at the secondary level, where Sheridan High School (711 students) and Sheridan Middle School (516) together account for more than half of all students. The free/reduced-lunch field is blank for every school, so this data cannot show how economic disadvantage relates to outcomes.
The elementary schools differ sharply. Thornville Elementary School is the benchmark: 4 stars in all three recent years, 78th percentile in 2025-26, math and ELA proficiency in the mid-70s to mid-80s, and chronic absenteeism of 14.5%, below the district's 19.5%. Glenford Elementary School has the best attendance in the district at 11.8% and strong 4th-grade math (86.0%) and 5th-grade science (81.5%), but it fell from 76th to 59th percentile as 3rd-grade ELA dropped from 73.6% to 54.2% and 3rd-grade math from 76.9% to 58.3%. Somerset Elementary School is the lowest performer: 2 stars, 39th percentile, and below the district in every 2025-26 subject, including 3rd-grade ELA at 50.0%.
Sheridan High School is above the state on every 2025-26 End-of-Course test listed, including American History at 86.5%, with a 96.8% graduation rate; Geometry is its clear weak spot at 46.5%, down from 52.4%. Sheridan Middle School improved from the 61st to the 68th percentile, led by 8th-grade science at 74.5%, but has the district's highest chronic absenteeism at 25.9%. Overall, Northern Local performs above average but unevenly, with school percentiles spanning 39 points, from Thornville at 78 to Somerset at 39.
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