Summary:
Zane Trace Local is a small Ohio district of three schools serving 1,195 students — Zane Trace Elementary School (grades K–4, 473 students), Zane Trace Middle School (grades 5–8, 392 students), and Zane Trace High School (grades 9–12, 330 students) — all sharing one campus at 946 State Route 180 in Chillicothe and all carrying the same district label of 2 stars, 44th percentile.
That district-wide label hides three very different schools. The middle school is the standout: 66th percentile with 3 stars, and above the state in 9 of 11 tested subjects, including 8th grade Science (73.9% vs. 61.2%), 7th grade ELA (76.8% vs. 62.7%), and an Algebra I result of 100% this year and 92% the prior year. The elementary is mixed — 4th grade math is strong (79.8% and 83.8%, roughly 13–15 points above state), but 3rd grade dropped sharply in both math and reading and now sits below state, and the school's rank fell from the 64th to the 46th percentile. The high school has held a steady 33rd percentile for three years; Algebra I (37.1% vs. state 61.6%) and Geometry (34.8% vs. 43.3%) are its biggest gaps, though its graduation rate is 93.5% and Government and Biology are above state.
Patterns worth knowing: math looks strong early (4th grade) and in the middle school's advanced track, but weak at the high school; chronic absenteeism is lowest at the elementary (11.4%) and highest at the high school (21.9%); and student–teacher ratios rise from 16.3 to 22.0 across the three schools. Note that free/reduced-lunch data is not reported for any school, and spending figures date to 2018-2019.
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