Summary:
Salem City serves roughly 1,913 students across five schools that together cover kindergarten through 12th grade: Buckeye Elementary School (K–2), Reilly Elementary School (3–4), Southeast Elementary School (5–6), Salem Junior High School (7–8), and Salem High School (9–12). The district ranks 457 of 773 in Ohio, at the 41st percentile with 2 stars, but school-level results vary widely within it.
Salem Junior High School is the academic standout, ranking 422 of 1,046 in 2025–2026 (60th percentile, 3 stars), up from the 50th percentile, with Algebra I proficiency at 93.3% versus 57.5% districtwide — though chronic absenteeism there is 30.4%. Salem High School reports a 93.4% graduation rate and above-state results in American Government, American History, and Biology, but has the district's highest absenteeism at 37.2%, a rank that slipped from the 51st to the 38th percentile, and Algebra I at 46.9% versus 61.6% statewide. Southeast Elementary School has the lowest absenteeism (9.5%) and strong 6th-grade math (70.5% vs 56.2% state), although its 5th-grade results are mostly below state.
Reilly Elementary School shines in 4th-grade math (72.5% vs 67.3% state) but trails in English Language Arts, at 49.3% in 3rd grade versus 63.4% statewide and 55.4% in 4th grade versus 61.8%. Buckeye Elementary School serves K–2, so it has no state test scores; it posts 10.9% chronic absenteeism and the highest 2018–2019 per-student spending at $8,964. One caution: free/reduced-lunch data is blank for every school, spending figures are from 2018–2019, and Buckeye and Southeast have no rank history listed here.
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