Summary:
Southington Local is a small, single-campus district in northeastern Ohio serving 437 students in grades PK–12 across three schools — Southington Elementary School (PK–5, 206 students), Southington Middle School (6–8, 104 students), and Chalker High School (9–12, 127 students) — each of which holds a 3-star rating.
Southington Middle School is the standout, earning 4 stars in two of the past three years and climbing to the 75th percentile statewide. It exceeds the state in six of seven tested subjects, led by 8th-grade math at 87.8% proficient versus 52.0% statewide, and it posts the district's lowest chronic absenteeism at 10.0%. Chalker High School is the steady anchor, ranking near the 68th percentile for three straight years and averaging 73.8% proficiency — roughly 10.6 points above the state — while graduating 92.1% of students in a very high-need context, with a free/reduced-lunch rate of 97.64%. Southington Elementary School is the turnaround story, moving from 2 stars and the 42nd percentile to 3 stars and the 55th, powered by an exceptional 3rd grade that reached 92.9% proficient in math.
The clearest shared weakness is science, which sits at or below the state at every level: 5th-grade science 53.8 vs. 62.7, 8th-grade science 58.5 vs. 61.2, and Biology 62.5 vs. 67.0. The elementary school's 5th grade also trails the state in math (46.2 vs. 59.1), while Chalker's chronic absenteeism of 28.8% — nearly triple the middle school's 10.0% — is a real risk to its graduation rate. Because each grade holds only about 20–35 students, a single-year swing can turn on a handful of students, so the consistent strengths matter more than any one dramatic change.
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