Summary:
Howland Local in Ohio has five schools—three elementary, one middle, and one high—serving students from kindergarten through grade 12, with 2,283 students enrolled and a district rank of 232 of 773, or the 70th percentile with 4 stars.
The district is solid overall, but its schools differ. Howland Middle School is the clearest standout: 699 students in grades 5-8, rank 196 of 1046 (81st percentile, 4 stars), above-state scores, and Algebra I at 97.8% in 2025-26 and 100% in 2024-25. Its chronic absenteeism is 20.6%, below the district’s 23.8%. Howland High School has 696 students in grades 8-12, a 96.5% graduation rate, and strong End of Course results, including Geometry at 73.1% vs. 43.3% state in 2025-26. But Algebra I was 57.4% in 2025-26, below state and district, and chronic absenteeism is 34.0%. Its rank slipped to 238 of 795 (70th percentile, 4 stars). Mines Elementary School is the only elementary with state test scores, above state in all reported 2025-26 Math and ELA tests, but its rank fell to 715 of 1560 (54th percentile, 3 stars) from 558 of 1577 in 2023-24. Howland Glen Elementary School (K-2) and Howland Springs Elementary School (grade 2 only) have no state test results here.
Other metrics vary widely. Chronic absenteeism ranges from 15.2% at Mines Elementary School to 34.0% at Howland High School, an 18.8-point spread. Student-teacher ratios range from 15.2 at Howland Middle School to 20.8 at Howland Glen Elementary School, and 2018-19 per-student spending ranges from $7,956 at Howland Middle School to $11,490 at Mines Elementary School. Mines Elementary School has the lowest absenteeism but 3 stars; Howland High School has the highest absenteeism but 4 stars, a 96.5% graduation rate, and mostly strong EOC scores. Howland Springs Elementary School has the smallest enrollment (217), the highest free/reduced lunch rate (51.15%), and the highest elementary absenteeism (25.6%). The district is 4-star and 70th percentile, but Glen and Springs lack building-level rank data, so the full elementary picture is incomplete.
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