Arcadia Local

Arcadia Local is a small Ohio district serving about 578 students across three schools: Arcadia Elementary School (K–6, 301 students), Arcadia Middle School (7–8, 85 students), and Arcadia High School (9–12, 192 students). No alternative school is listed. The elementary school accounts for about 52.1% of enrollment, the high school 33.2%, and the middle school 14.7%. The district is rated #163 of 773 Ohio districts, at the 79th percentile with 4 stars, and all three schools are listed under that same district rating. The figures below are % proficient on Ohio State Tests.

Arcadia Elementary School is the steadiest performer, earning 4 stars in each of the last three years and sitting at the 81st percentile in 2025–26, with 4th-grade math at 93.3% versus 67.3% statewide and 4th-grade ELA at 86.7% versus 61.8% statewide. Its one soft spot is 5th-grade science, at 58.1% versus 62.7% state. Arcadia Middle School is the most improved, rising from 3 stars and the 66th percentile in 2024–25 to 4 stars and the 81st percentile in 2025–26, with Algebra I at 100% versus 61.6% state — though with only 85 students, small cohorts can swing results. Arcadia High School is more mixed: a 100% graduation rate and strong Government (93% vs. 71.6% state), Biology (87.9% vs. 67% state), and English II (80.6% vs. 62.7% state), but a current 3 stars/68th percentile and Geometry below state at 41.9% versus 43.3%.

Chronic absenteeism varies widely: middle school is lowest at 3.5%, elementary 5.9%, and high school highest at 10.9% — the only one above the district's 6.9%. The middle school's reported student/teacher ratio of 42.5 is far above the elementary's 18.5 and the high school's 10.1, which may be a reporting anomaly. The high school has the highest 2018–19 spending at $12,501 per student and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 98.44% for 2024–25, indicating very high economic need; elementary and middle lunch rates are blank here, so they should be treated as unknown rather than as low need.