Summary:
Pandora-Gilboa Local is a small Ohio district serving roughly 523 students across three schools — Pandora-Gilboa Elementary School (K–4), Pandora-Gilboa Middle School (5–8), and Pandora-Gilboa High School (9–12). The district ranks 146 of 773 in Ohio, placing it in the 81st percentile with 4 stars, and there is no alternative school. Because each building enrolls only about 158–183 students, a handful of students can move proficiency rates by several points, so year-to-year swings should be read cautiously.
Pandora-Gilboa Middle School is the district's standout: ranked 99 of 1,046 middle schools (91st percentile, 5 stars), it is the only 5-star school here and has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 8.2%. Every listed middle school test beats the state average, including 7th grade Mathematics at 91.2% vs. 48.6% statewide, and 8th grade Mathematics at 85.7% vs. 52.0%. It achieves this with the highest reported student/teacher ratio in the district (22.5) and the lowest reported per-student spending ($10,430). Pandora-Gilboa High School is a solid 4-star school (150 of 795, 81st percentile) with a 100.0% graduation rate and every End-of-Course test above the state average, though its chronic absenteeism is the district's highest at 13.3%.
Pandora-Gilboa Elementary School is the main warning sign: it fell from 81st percentile and 4 stars to 63rd percentile and 3 stars (571 of 1,560). Fourth grade remains strong, with Mathematics at 80.8% and English Language Arts at 76.9% versus the state, but 3rd grade Mathematics and ELA both dropped from 92.9% to 65.7% — now only slightly above the state average. The high school's free/reduced lunch rate is 98.36%, indicating near-universal economic need in that building; elementary and middle school values are unknown in this data, not zero.
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