Wooster City

Wooster City, OH has six public schools — four elementary (grades K–4), one middle (grades 5–7), and one high school (grades 8–12) — serving about 3,061 students. The district ranks 264th of 773 Ohio districts, placing it in the 66th percentile with 3 stars. Keep in mind the data mix years: test scores and chronic absenteeism are mostly 2025–2026, free/reduced lunch and student-teacher ratios are 2024–2025, and per-student spending is from 2018–2019.

Kean Elementary School is the clear top performer: 89th percentile, 4 stars, the lowest chronic absenteeism (3.4%) and lowest free/reduced lunch (29.71%) in the district, and proficiency scores above both district and state averages in all four tested subjects. Parkview Elementary School made the biggest jump, climbing from the 35th to the 71st percentile in three years, while Melrose Elementary School sits at the 70th percentile with especially strong 4th grade math (84.9%) and ELA (81.1%). Edgewood Middle School is at the 63rd percentile, boosted by 7th grade math (68.5% vs. 48.6% state). Wooster High School posts a 98.2% graduation rate and solid end-of-course results, but has the district's highest absenteeism at 19.8%. Cornerstone Elementary School ranks lowest at the 37th percentile with 2 stars and scores below district and state in every tested subject, though its rank has improved three years running.

The gap between the top and bottom elementary schools is wide — 52 percentile points and roughly 27 percentage points in average proficiency. Poverty tracks with results but does not determine them: Parkview and Melrose both have about 50% free/reduced lunch yet outperform district and state averages. Resource metrics are similarly loose, with Kean carrying the highest student-teacher ratio (19.5) yet the best outcomes, while Cornerstone has the lowest ratio (15.8) and the weakest. Encouragingly, five of the six schools improved their percentile from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026.