Eastern Local School District

Eastern Local School District is a small Ohio district serving 747 students across four schools — all located at the same Beaver, OH address — covering grades PK through 12. The district is ranked 485th of 773 Ohio districts, placing it in the 37th percentile with 2 stars, below the state median. Two data limitations matter: free/reduced lunch percentages are not reported for any school in 2024–2025, and per-pupil spending figures are from 2018–2019, so they are historical rather than current.

Eastern Intermediate Elementary School is the district's clear academic standout, with a 3-star rating and a 56th percentile rank (685 of 1,560) held steady over three years. Its grade 3 and 4 ELA and math results are often well above state averages — grade 3 ELA was 87% proficient versus 63.4% statewide — though grade 5 is mixed, and it has the highest student-teacher ratio at 18.4. Eastern Middle School is split by grade: 8th grade math and science are consistently above state, while 6th and 7th grade math and ELA fall well below (6th grade math 39.1% vs. 56.2% state). Its rank has slipped from the 55th to the 40th percentile. Eastern High School has the most favorable resources — lowest student-teacher ratio (10.1), highest historical per-pupil spending ($11,916) and a 90.5% graduation rate — but the weakest rank, at the 33rd percentile, and uneven test results, with particular weakness in Biology and Geometry. Eastern Primary Elementary School has the largest enrollment (209) but no state test data as a PK–2 school.

Chronic absenteeism is the most consistent district-wide red flag: every school has at least a quarter of students chronically absent, ranging from 26.0% at the intermediate school to 34.1% at the high school. There also appears to be a transition drop between 5th and 6th grade, and resource levels do not align neatly with outcomes — the best-resourced school has the lowest ranking. Overall, the district's 2-star rating appears to be pulled down by the middle and high schools, while early elementary results at Eastern Local School District's intermediate school are the most promising signal.