Westfall Local

Schools in Westfall Local form a small PK–12 Ohio district with three schools—one elementary, one middle, and one high school—serving 1,342 students.

In 2025–26, Westfall Elementary School and Westfall Middle School are the district’s stronger schools, both rated 3 stars, while Westfall High School is rated 1 star and ranked in the 26th percentile, down from 2 stars and the 41st percentile three years earlier. The district overall is 2 stars and 40th percentile. The elementary school has the best attendance (8.3% chronic absenteeism vs. the district’s 12.2%) and strong 5th grade ELA (84.7% vs. 70.4% state) and science (76.5% vs. 62.7% state), though 3rd grade math is a weakness (45.1% vs. 62.1%). The middle school’s standout is Algebra I (100% proficient in both years), with 7th grade math and 8th grade science above state, but 6th grade math is only 36.1% vs. 56.2% state and chronic absenteeism is highest at 16.2%.

The high school has the clearest academic challenges: only American Government is above state (77.3% vs. 71.6%), while Geometry (20.4% vs. 43.3%), Biology (50.8% vs. 67.0%), Algebra I (45.0% vs. 61.6%), and American History (66.4% vs. 73.2%) lag. Its graduation rate is 88.5% and chronic absenteeism is 15.1%, above the district’s 12.2%. The elementary school has the highest free/reduced lunch (61.38%) and student-teacher ratio (26:1) but still strong outcomes; high school spending is highest ($10,453) yet results are weakest, though spending data is older. Priority areas are high-school math and science, middle-school 6th-grade math and attendance, and elementary 3rd-grade math. Strengths to build on are elementary ELA and science, middle-school Algebra I, and elementary attendance.