Summary:
Elementary Schools in Frontier Local consist of two schools—Newport Elementary School (K–6, 217 students) and Matamoras Elementary School (K–5, 102 students)—together enrolling 319 students in this small Ohio district. The district overall ranks 538 of 773, in the 30th percentile with 2 stars. Newport is the academic standout: its 2025–26 rank is 712 of 1,560, 54th percentile, 3 stars, and its simple average proficiency is 66.0%, above the district’s 58.7% and the state’s 62.1%. Matamoras ranks 1,141 of 1,560, 27th percentile, 1 star, with a 44.0% simple average.
Matamoras has more favorable resources: a student-teacher ratio of 13.0 versus Newport’s 16.8, and per-student spending of $13,180 versus $9,939 in 2018–19, about 32.6% more. Yet its outcomes are lower. Newport’s 2025–26 math average is 72.7% compared with Matamoras’s 38.2%, and Newport has lower chronic absenteeism at 22.5% versus Matamoras’s 27.0%; the district is 27.7%. Newport’s notable highs include 80.0% in 5th-grade math and 73.5% in 6th-grade math. Matamoras’s bright spot is 5th-grade science, improving from 25.0% in 2024–25 to 57.1% in 2025–26, though still below the state’s 62.7%.
Both schools have slipped in rank percentile since 2023–24: Newport from 61st to 54th while keeping 3 stars, and Matamoras from 38th to 27th while falling from 2 stars to 1 star. Matamoras’s weaker areas include 6th-grade ELA at 20.0% and 6th-grade math at 26.7% in 2025–26. Because enrollment is small—217 and 102 students—grade-level percentages can swing widely from year to year. Also, Matamoras is listed as K–5 but has 6th-grade test scores, which may be a data anomaly. For parents, Newport is currently the stronger academic choice in this data, while Matamoras shows the most pressing academic concerns despite its resource advantages.
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