Summary:
Southern Local in Corning, Ohio, serves about 586 students across two schools: Millcreek Elementary School (PK–6, 346 students) and Miller High School (grades 7–12, 240 students). There is no separate middle school, so middle-grade results appear in the high school record. The district-level rating for Southern Local is 605th of 773 schools, 22nd percentile, 1 star, although the two schools perform differently on their own.
Millcreek Elementary is the stronger school and is improving: its rank moved from 32nd to 36th to 39th percentile over three years (955th of 1560, 2 stars in 2025–2026). It is above the state in 4 of 9 listed tests, including 3rd-grade ELA at 83.3% versus the state's 63.4%, 5th-grade Science at 65.9% versus 62.7%, and 3rd-grade Math at 62.9% versus 62.1%. The clear weakness is 4th grade, where ELA is 31.9% and Math 35.4% against state rates of 61.8% and 67.3%. Chronic absenteeism is 19.6%, better than the district's 26.5%.
Miller High School ranks 661st of 795, 17th percentile, 1 star, down from 31st and then 23rd percentile in prior years. It is below the state in 11 of 11 listed 2025–2026 tests, with the largest gaps in American Government (26.7% versus 71.6%), 7th-grade Math (21.4% versus 48.6%), and Geometry (22.7% versus 43.3%). Chronic absenteeism is 35.4%, nearly double Millcreek's. A bright spot is a 93.1% graduation rate. Miller High spends more per student ($10,942 versus $10,125) with a lower student-teacher ratio (10.4 versus 11.1), yet results are lower. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for both schools, and spending figures date to 2018–2019.
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