Summary:
New Riegel Local is a small two-school Ohio district serving 403 students in grades K–12, with New Riegel High School covering grades 6–12 (224 students) and New Riegel Elementary School covering K–5 (179 students); there is no separate middle school or alternative school, and the district ranks 140 of 773 Ohio districts, at the 82nd percentile with 4 stars, as do both individual schools.
Both buildings score well above state averages: the high school's unweighted average proficiency was 75.0% versus 60.2% statewide, and the elementary's was 79.6% versus 63.8%. The high school shines in social studies and science, with American Government at 97.5% proficient (state 71.6%), American History at 89.7% (state 73.2%), Biology at 82.8% (state 67.0%), and 8th Grade Science at 82.6% (state 61.2%). Its 6th Grade ELA result of 89.3% versus 56.0% state is one of the largest gaps in the data, and its graduation rate is 96.9%. The elementary school is consistently strong in early literacy and math: 4th Grade Mathematics at 92.0% (state 67.3%), 3rd Grade Mathematics at 86.0% (state 62.1%), and ELA from 84.0% to 88.4% across grades 3–5.
Math is the uneven area. The elementary's 5th Grade Mathematics fell to 46.7% (state 59.1%), down sharply from 73.1%, and the high school's Geometry was 35.5% versus 43.3% state, the only 2025–2026 subject there below state. Attendance differs by building: elementary chronic absenteeism is exceptionally low at 1.1%, while the high school is 6.7%, above the district's 4.0%. The high school's rank percentile has slipped from 87 to 79 to 76 across recent years, while the elementary moved 79, 82, 78. Per-student spending was nearly identical in 2018–2019 ($10,998 vs $11,078), but the 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio is lower at the elementary, 12.7 versus 16.0. Because these are small schools, grade-level percentages can swing widely from year to year.
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