Summary:
Adams County Ohio Valley Local is a southern Ohio district serving 3,435 students across seven schools — three PK–6 elementaries and four high schools, made up of three comprehensive 7–12 campuses and one career/technical center for grades 11–12. The district overall ranks 439 of 773 statewide (43rd percentile, 2 stars), but that single rating hides large differences between individual schools. Two data gaps are worth knowing: free/reduced lunch figures are blank for every school, and spending data is from 2018–2019.
Three schools stand out. Peebles High School is the academic leader at 64th percentile with 3 stars, up from 48th percentile a year earlier, with a simple average proficiency of about 72% and standout results such as 8th Grade Science at 93.5% and American History at 84.4%; its caution flag is chronic absenteeism of 26.4%. North Adams Elementary School pairs the district's lowest absenteeism (9.1%, less than half the district's 20.7%) with strong math, including 85.9% in Math 3, and has improved its rank for three straight years. North Adams High School posts the district's highest graduation rate at 97.7%.
At the other end, West Union High School is the clearest outlier: 20th percentile with 1 star, the lowest graduation rate (88.5%), the highest absenteeism (27.8%), a simple average proficiency of about 44.5%, and Geometry at just 11.0%. West Union Elementary School has declined to 34th percentile, while Peebles Elementary School slipped to 42nd percentile after 56th. Math is a district-wide pressure point, and the Ohio Valley Career & Technical Center has no outcome data listed, so it cannot be compared here.
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