Summary:
Elmwood Local is a small Ohio district serving about 1,123 students across three schools — Elmwood Elementary School (PK–4), Elmwood Middle School (5–8), and Elmwood High School (9–12). The district overall ranks 453rd of 773 in Ohio, at the 41st percentile with 2 stars, but that below-middle profile hides very different schools underneath.
Elmwood Elementary School is the clear standout: it is the only 3-star school in the district, at the 62nd percentile, and it has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 9.2% versus the district's 12.7%. Its 3rd-grade math (82.2%), 3rd-grade ELA (68.5%), and 4th-grade ELA (70.6%) all beat state averages. The caution is 4th-grade math, which slipped to 65.9% from 80.3% the prior year. Elmwood Middle School is the most polarized: 8th-grade science (68.9%), 5th-grade science (79.4%), and Algebra I (90.0%) are well above state, but 7th-grade math (29.1%) and 6th-grade ELA (39.0%) fall far below, and its 16.6% absenteeism is the district's highest. It has also declined from 62nd percentile and 3 stars to 41st percentile and 2 stars.
Elmwood High School graduates 96.7% of students, with English II (78.9%) and Biology (73.0%) above state. Yet Algebra I (39.1%), American Government (55.9%), and American History (69.6%) lag. Notably, the elementary school has the largest classes (18.3 students per teacher) but the best results, while the high school has the smallest (12.8) and the highest historical spending ($11,663) but the lowest percentile — resources alone don't predict outcomes. Overall: one strong elementary, a middle school with real bright spots and real gaps, and a high school strong on graduation but uneven on subject readiness.
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