Summary
Amanda-Clearcreek Elementary School is a public school in Amanda, Ohio — a small community east of Circleville — serving grades 3–5 with 344 students as part of the Amanda-Clearcreek Local district, which ranks 506th of 773 Ohio districts (35th percentile, 2 stars). In 2025–2026, the school ranked 1036th of 1560 Ohio elementary schools — the 34th percentile, 2 stars — a long slide from the 64th percentile, 3 stars it posted in 2015–2016, and it has mostly sat in the low-30s to mid-40s since 2017–2018.
Attendance is the clearest bright spot. Chronic absenteeism fell to 11.6% in 2025–2026, down from 17.2% the prior year and 22.7% in 2021–2022, and well below the district's 17.0%. That rate beats nearly every nearby school with reported data: Amanda-Clearcreek Primary (11.5%, essentially tied), Tarhe Trails Elementary (12.5%), Berne Union Elementary (13.6%), Logan Elm Elementary (13.8%), Walnut Elementary (17.7%), Gorsuch West Elementary (19.6%), Tallmadge Elementary (20.8%), Circleville Elementary (21.5%), Mt. Pleasant Elementary (23.9%) and Bridges (26.1%). Notably, several schools in that group post stronger test scores despite worse attendance.
Achievement is the weak spot. Proficiency trails the state in all seven reported tests, with gaps widening in the upper grades: 5th-grade science 48.2% vs. 62.7% statewide (down 13.4 points in a year), 5th-grade ELA 57.3% vs. 70.4%, 4th-grade ELA 50% vs. 61.8%, 5th-grade math 47.3% vs. 59.1% and 4th-grade math 57.1% vs. 67.3%. Third-grade math (61.1% vs. 62.1%) is nearly at the state average. Among subgroups, low-income students rank at the 43rd percentile (up from 25th in 2023–2024) and male students at the 39th, but special education students rank at the 7th percentile with 0 stars. Spending ($9,742 per student, 2018–2019) and an 18.1 student-teacher ratio resemble higher-performing neighbors such as Berne Union Elementary ($9,325; 21.2), so resources alone don't explain the gap. Compared with the region's stronger schools — Berne Union Elementary, Walnut Elementary, Logan Elm Elementary and Tarhe Trails Elementary — Amanda generally lags, landing closer to Circleville Elementary, Mt. Pleasant Elementary, Tallmadge Elementary and Gorsuch West Elementary.
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