Aurora City

Aurora City serves roughly 3,049 students across five schools — three elementary schools covering PK–5, one middle school for grades 6–8, and one high school for grades 9–12 — within a district rated 5 stars and ranked 30th of 773 Ohio districts, placing it at the 96th percentile. All five schools share that district-level rating context.

The district's academic strength is concentrated in its secondary schools. Harmon Middle School has been 5 stars in all three rank-history years, ranking 30th to 40th among roughly 1,036–1,046 Ohio middle schools, or about the top 3–4%. It reported 100% proficiency in both Algebra I and Geometry End-of-Course exams in 2025–2026 and 2024–2025, plus 8th-grade science at 91.7%, 8th-grade math at 92.5%, 7th-grade ELA at 91.6%, and 8th-grade ELA at 89.5%. Aurora High School has also been 5 stars for three years, ranking 13th to 30th among roughly 795–864 Ohio high schools (about the top 1.5–3.5%), with a 97.9% graduation rate and proficiency of 98% in American Government, 97.8% in American History, 96.2% in English II, 92.5% in Biology, 87% in Algebra I, and 83.8% in Geometry. Leighton Elementary School is strong but slightly lower, at 161st of 1,560 and the 90th percentile with 4 stars in 2025–2026 and 2024–2025 (5 stars in 2023–2024); all its reported 3rd–5th-grade tests beat state averages.

Craddock Elementary School and Miller Elementary School serve grades 1–2 and PK–K, so they have no state test results. Craddock has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 5.9%, the highest free/reduced lunch rate at 12.01%, and the highest per-student spending at $12,013. Miller has the highest student-teacher ratio at 21.1, the lowest spending at $9,617, and absenteeism of 9.8%. Against the district's 8.4% absenteeism rate, Aurora City schools range from 5.9% to 11.1%, with Aurora High above the district rate. Overall, free/reduced lunch is under about 12% everywhere and every tested school is well above state averages.