Summary:
Ottoville Local is a small Ohio district with just two schools — Ottoville Elementary School, serving grades K–6, and Ottoville High School, which serves grades 7–12 because the district has no separate middle school. Together they enroll 480 students — 279 at the elementary and 201 at the high school. The district itself ranks 28th out of 773 Ohio districts, placing it in the 96th percentile with 5 stars.
Both schools perform at the same elite level, so families choosing between them aren't choosing between a strong school and a weaker one. Each earned 5 stars in 2023–24, 2024–25, and 2025–26, and both sit in the 96th percentile in 2025–26: the elementary ranks 64th of 1,560 elementary schools, and the high school ranks 34th of 795 high schools. Average proficiency is 89.2% at the elementary and 86.4% at the high school, compared with roughly 60–62% statewide. Every reported test score beats the state average, and math is the clearest strength — 3rd grade math at 97.1%, Algebra I at 96.7%, and 8th grade math at 90.0%. Elementary math averages 91.3% against a 61.2% state figure, and high school math averages 84.9% against 51.4%.
Practical details matter too. The high school reports a 100.0% graduation rate, and chronic absenteeism is low at both schools — 1.4% at the elementary and 3.3% at the high school, with a 2.2% district average. Class sizes are smaller at the high school (12.2 students per teacher) than at the elementary (18.7). The elementary's free/reduced lunch figure is unreported, so socioeconomic context can't be compared across the two, and the available per-student spending figures date back to 2018–19. Overall, Ottoville Local stands out as a small, consistently high-performing district where both schools operate near the top of Ohio's rankings.
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