East Knox Local

East Knox Local is a two-school Ohio district serving about 883 students: East Knox Elementary School (grades K–6, 514 students) and East Knox Junior/Senior High School (grades 7–12, 369 students). The district ranks 463 of 773 in Ohio, at the 40th percentile with 2 stars, and there is no middle school or alternative school listed. Test-score data covers 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, with rank history back to 2023–2024; free/reduced lunch percentages are blank for both schools, so economic context is unavailable.

The elementary school is the stronger performer. It earned 3 stars in the two most recent years and scored above the state average on 6 of 9 listed tests in both years. Standouts include 4th Grade Mathematics at 80.3 versus a state 67.3, and 5th Grade English Language Arts at 76.1 versus 70.4. Its main weak spots are 3rd Grade Mathematics at 47.2 versus 62.1 and 4th Grade English Language Arts at 57.1 versus 61.8. The junior/senior high sits at 2 stars, ranked 432 of 795 and the 46th percentile in 2025–2026 — its best of the three years — but only 4 of 11 listed tests beat the state average. American History (85.3 versus 73.2), Biology (76.3 versus 67), and Algebra I (69.9 versus 61.6) are clear strengths, while 8th Grade English Language Arts (36.1 versus 58.3) and 8th Grade Science (40 versus 61.2) are far below state.

Attendance runs in opposite directions: elementary chronic absenteeism is 12.5%, below the district rate of 15.5%, while the junior/senior high is 19.8%, above it. The high school reports a 93.3% graduation rate, though no state comparison is given, so read it as a positive internal metric. The high school also has the lower student-teacher ratio, 13.9 versus 16, and slightly higher per-student spending, $9,478 versus $9,337 — but that spending figure is from 2018–2019 and is dated. Together, these numbers describe a district with one school above state averages in most areas and one with strong subject-level bright spots alongside real 8th grade and attendance concerns.