Stryker Local

Stryker Local in Ohio is a small two-school district serving roughly 372 students from prekindergarten through 12th grade: Stryker Elementary School covers PK–6 with 231 students, and Stryker High School covers grades 7–12 with 141 students. The district ranks 318 of 773 Ohio districts — the 59th percentile — with 3 stars, and both buildings also earned 3 stars for 2025–2026. Free and reduced lunch rates are nearly identical at the two schools, 54.11% at the elementary and 53.19% at the high school.

Stryker Elementary School is the district's standout. Its rank percentile climbed from 47 in 2024–2025 to 67 in 2025–2026, lifting it from 2 stars to 3 stars, and chronic absenteeism is just 6.3%, well below the district's 10.9%. In 2025–2026, 8 of 9 reported test areas beat the state average, with a simple average of about 72.0% proficient against a state average of about 62.1%. The biggest jump was 5th grade math, from 19.4% to 73.1%; 5th grade science rose from 54.8% to 80.8%. Only 4th grade ELA was slightly below state, at 59.1% versus 61.8%.

Stryker High School posts strong high-school outcomes: a 95.5% graduation rate, steady 3-star ratings, and a rank percentile that moved 60 → 66 → 67. End-of-course results include Biology 90.9%, American History 81.8%, English II 76.2%, and Algebra I 70%. Its middle grades are the weak spot — 8th grade ELA is only 36.8% proficient against the state's 58.3%, with 7th grade ELA at 50.0% and 7th grade math at 40.0%. Chronic absenteeism is 17.6%, higher than the district's 10.9% and nearly triple the elementary school's 6.3%. Those two areas — middle-grade ELA and math, and absenteeism — are the clearest watch items.