Summary:
The Upper Sandusky Exempted Village district serves about 1,560 students across five schools: three elementary schools, one middle school (grades 4–8), and one high school (grades 9–12). The district as a whole ranks 110th of 773 Ohio districts, placing it at the 86th percentile with 4 stars. The high school and middle school together enroll roughly two-thirds of all students, while the three elementaries account for about a third.
The elementary schools are the district's strongest performers. East Elementary School is the highest-ranked school at 81st of 1,560 (95th percentile, 5 stars), with the lowest student-teacher ratio in the district at 12.8 and standout results such as 100% proficient in 5th-grade English Language Arts. South Elementary School is also 5 stars and 91st percentile, and posts top scores in 5th-grade math (100%) and science (94.4%) despite having the district's highest free/reduced lunch rate (58.14%) and highest per-student spending ($10,152) — a reminder that high poverty here does not mean low achievement. Upper Sandusky Middle School is 4 stars and 81st percentile, with 100% Algebra I proficiency and low chronic absenteeism (7.3%). Union Elementary School serves grades K–3, has no current ranking, but has the district's lowest absenteeism (7.1%) and solid 3rd-grade results.
Upper Sandusky High School is the relative laggard at 3 stars and 62nd percentile, though it is improving steadily. It has a 94.1% graduation rate, but the district's highest chronic absenteeism at 15.4%, and Algebra I at 56.2% is the one result consistently below both district and state averages. Notably, absenteeism does not track perfectly with achievement, and most test results across all schools exceed state averages.
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