Summary:
Wayne Local is a three-school district serving roughly 1,576 students in Waynesville, Ohio (Warren County): Waynesville Elementary School (PK–6, 749 students), Waynesville Middle School (6–8, 379 students), and Waynesville High School (9–12, 448 students), with no alternative school in the data. All three buildings earn 5 stars, and the Wayne Local district ranks 41 of 773 Ohio districts — about the top 5% statewide. Note that grade 6 appears in both the elementary and middle grade spans, so those enrollments likely overlap or reflect a transition year.
The elementary school is the district's riser: it climbed 70 rank spots over two years (152nd to 82nd) and has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 10.3%. It also owns the single highest test result in the data — 97.2% of 4th graders proficient in math, versus 67.3% statewide. The middle school posts 100% proficiency in Algebra I in both years and 87.5% in 8th-grade science, 26 points above the state; that Algebra I group is a small, selected cohort of advanced 8th graders, not the whole building. The middle school also has the highest student-teacher ratio, 22.9, versus 17.8 at the elementary and 15.1 at the high school. The high school delivers a 98.6% graduation rate and 89–92% proficiency in biology, American history, and American government, but Geometry (66.7%) is its weakest subject and chronic absenteeism (19.9%) is nearly double the elementary rate.
Every Wayne Local school beats the state average in every subject reported, usually by 16 to 34 points. Momentum favors the elementary, up about 3 points year over year, while the high school slipped about 2 points. The most actionable items are high-school absenteeism (19.9%), Geometry (66.7%, down 9.6 points), and 7th-grade math (down 11.4 points to 70.2%), though single-grade swings reflect different groups of students each year. Free/reduced lunch is 18.69% at the elementary and 27.9% at the high school, with the middle school's figure not reported; spending-per-student figures ($8,938–$9,453) date to 2018-19 and should be refreshed before resourcing decisions.
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