Summary:
Wadsworth City is a strong Ohio district with nine schools — five elementary schools, a grades 5–6 intermediate, a grades 7–8 middle school, one high school, and an alternative K–12 academy — serving 4,271 students. The district ranks 124th of 773 Ohio districts, in the 84th percentile with 4 stars.
Overlook Elementary School is the flagship: the only 5-star school here, ranked 138th of 1,560 elementary schools (91st percentile), with 4th-grade math proficiency at 95.5% against the district's 79.9%. Wadsworth Middle School posts 100% Algebra I proficiency two years running, though its 2025–26 rank slipped to the 86th percentile with 4 stars. Wadsworth High School, by far the largest at 1,540 students, is strong in Biology (91.6%), American History (91.4%), and English II (88.3%), with a 96.9% graduation rate. Franklin Elementary School shows the best improvement, rising from the 70th to the 83rd percentile and from 3 to 4 stars. Isham Memorial Elementary School ranks in the 81st percentile despite 42.98% free/reduced lunch.
Lincoln Elementary School is the clearest challenge: highest free/reduced lunch (48.72%), lowest elementary rank (63rd percentile), and the only reported 2025–26 test below the state average, 4th-grade ELA at 60.9%. Attendance is a high-school concern — 25.5% chronic absenteeism versus 16.1% districtwide and roughly 10% in elementaries. Grizzly Academy, with 28 students and 47.4% absenteeism, should not be compared directly to the others. Valley View Elementary School and Franklin have the lowest absenteeism at 7.8%.
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