Southeastern Local

Southeastern Local (OH) serves roughly 913 students across three schools — Southeastern Elementary School (PK–4, 381 students), Southeastern Middle School (5–8, 281 students), and Southeastern High School (9–12, 251 students). All three sit under one Southeastern Local profile: rank 334 of 773, 57th percentile, 3 stars, so the district number masks real differences between the schools. Spending figures date to 2018–2019, and the free/reduced-lunch field is blank for all three schools — it should not be read as 0%.

The middle school is the clearest academic standout. Its 6th-grade math proficiency is 82.5% against a state figure of 56.2%, with 5th-grade science at 77.6% (state 62.7%), 5th-grade ELA at 76.3% (state 70.4%), and 7th-grade math at 60.8% (state 48.6%). Its weak spots are 8th-grade science at 49.3% versus the state's 61.2% and 5th-grade math at 56.6%, slightly under the state's 59.1%; it also has the highest student-teacher ratio, 20.0. The high school's standout is a 98.7% graduation rate, with Algebra I at 81.8% (state 61.6%) and American History at 82.6% (state 73.2%), but Geometry lags at 39.0% (state 43.3%) and chronic absenteeism is the district's highest at 30.8%, well above the district's 21.7%. The elementary school had all four of its listed 2025–2026 tests above the state and the lowest absenteeism, 17.8%.

Rank history shows movement: the middle and high schools were both 4-star in 2023–2024 and are now 3-star, and the high school has slipped from 75th percentile to 55th. The elementary school improved sharply — 3rd-grade math rose from 47.6% to 67.8% — while the middle school's 8th-grade science fell from 68.9% to 49.3%. Resources do not line up simply with results: the high school has the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.5) and the highest per-student spending ($9,914), yet the highest absenteeism, while the middle school has the highest ratio and lowest spending but some of the strongest math and science scores.