Summary:
Bristol Local in Bristolville, Ohio is a small district serving roughly 418 students across two schools: Bristol Elementary School for grades K–6 and Bristol High School for grades 7–12. The Bristol Local district as a whole is rated 3 stars and ranks 329th of 773 Ohio schools, but that overall rating masks two schools moving in very different directions.
Bristol Elementary School is the standout, earning 4 stars in each of the last three reported years and placing in the 82nd percentile of elementary schools in 2025–2026. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 21.3% is well below the district's 28.6%, and its test scores beat state averages in every reported subject — 5th grade science at 84.6 vs. 62.7 statewide, 6th grade mathematics at 82.8 vs. 56.2, and 5th grade ELA at 87.2 vs. 70.4. It achieves this even with a free/reduced lunch rate of 62.5%, higher than the high school's 51.08%.
Bristol High School has a more uneven profile. Its rank slipped from the 67th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 49th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026, and chronic absenteeism stands at 39.7%, nearly double the elementary school's rate. Strengths include a 91.7% graduation rate, American History at 91.2 and American Government at 85.7 against state averages of 73.2 and 71.6, and improvement in Algebra I. Yet 8th grade ELA (39.1 vs. 58.3) and Biology (55.9 vs. 67.0) fell sharply. Despite spending more per student ($11,697 vs. $9,559) and having smaller classes, the high school trails the elementary school on most measures.
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