Summary
Bucyrus Secondary School is the only high school in the Bucyrus City district, serving 247 students in grades 9–12 at 900 W Perry St in Bucyrus, OH, a high-poverty community where 98.79% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-2025. In 2025-2026, the school received 1 star and ranked 659th of 795 Ohio high schools (17th percentile), its lowest percentile in the ten years provided, while the district sits in the 21st percentile statewide.
Academically, Bucyrus Secondary School averages 46.5% proficiency across six End-of-Course subjects, nearly 17 points below Ohio’s 63.2% and the lowest in its nearby comparison group. The sharpest gaps are Geometry at 13.1% and Biology at 38.2%, both the lowest in the group, plus chronic absenteeism at 30.2%, second-highest among peers. Social studies is comparatively competitive: American Government 63.8% and American History 67.2%, only modestly below state norms. A striking comparison is Wynford High School, 1.7 miles away with a similar 258 students and a higher student-teacher ratio of 15.9; it posts 92.6% in English II, 89.6% in Biology, and 83.0% in Algebra I, versus Bucyrus’s 50.0%, 38.2%, and 46.6%. Also, Col Crawford High School, 7.3 miles away, reports 6.6% chronic absenteeism, far below Bucyrus’s 30.2%.
Strengths are real but narrow. The graduation rate reached 100.0% in 2025-2026, and chronic absenteeism has fallen from 45.8% to 30.2%. The student-teacher ratio improved from 16.1 to 12.3, and per-student spending was $10,841, similar to nearby districts, so resources alone do not explain the achievement gap. Subgroup performance has converged at a low level, with low-income students around the 14th percentile and special education students around the 19th in 2025-2026. Parents should note that Algebra I has surged to 46.6% while Geometry has dropped to 13.1%, an unusual inversion worth watching.
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