Northwood Local Schools

Northwood Local Schools is a small Ohio district of three schools serving 818 students: one PK–6 elementary and two schools covering grades 7–12, with no standalone middle school. Northwood Elementary School enrolls 453 students (55.4% of the district), Northwood High School enrolls 357 (43.6%), and Ranger Online Academy enrolls just 8. The district ranks 429 of 773 districts, at the 45th percentile with 2 stars.

Northwood High School is the district's academic standout, ranking 369 of 795 schools at the 54th percentile with 3 stars, up from 49th percentile and 2 stars. It scored above the state in 8 of 11 reported tests, including American History (84.6% vs 73.2%), American Government (77.8% vs 71.6%), Biology (74.1% vs 67.0%), and Algebra I (68.9% vs 61.6%), and it posts a 98.6% graduation rate. Its weaker spots are Geometry (42.0% vs 43.3%) and 8th grade ELA (50.0% vs 58.3%). Northwood Elementary sits lower, at 40th percentile with 2 stars and down from 46th percentile. It beat the state in only 2 of 9 reported tests, with 4th grade ELA at 44.0% vs 61.8% and 3rd grade math at 45.6% vs 62.1% being the largest gaps; 6th grade math (60.3% vs 56.2%) was its clearest strength.

Chronic absenteeism is the high school's main concern at 24.9%, above the district's 19.3% and far above the elementary school's 15.1%. Resources differ too: the high school has a student-teacher ratio of 14.8 versus 19.6 at the elementary school, and slightly higher per-student spending ($10,801 vs $10,303) in the most recent available spending year. The high school also reports a 99.16% free/reduced lunch rate, indicating a high-need student population. Ranger Online Academy cannot be evaluated on performance: it has no test scores, rank, graduation rate, or current school-level absenteeism. Its only absenteeism figure is an old 2022–2023 rate of 0.8%, which is not comparable to current data, and missing values should not be read as zero.