Indian Valley High School

Indian Valley High School is a 9–12 school serving 422 students in Gnadenhutten, a small village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and is part of the Indian Valley Local district. It ranks 239th of 795 Ohio high schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 70th percentile with a 4-star rating, and it has generally held between the 68th and 80th percentiles since 2020–2021 — well above its 2015–2016 and 2016–2017 lows.

Academically, the school's strengths are in humanities and science. In 2025–2026 state end-of-course tests, American History proficiency was 87.2%, Biology 81.6%, and American Government 82.6% — all comfortably above state averages, with American History second only to Garaway High School locally. Math is the clear weak spot: Geometry came in at 44.9%, barely above the state and far below Garaway and Tuscarawas Valley Middle-High School, both around 73%. Algebra I, at 74.3%, is stronger but still trails the district and several nearby schools. Graduation is a bright spot at 98.5%, near the top of the local group behind only Tuscarawas Valley and Garaway.

Chronic absenteeism has improved to 17.0% from 24.0% in 2021–2022, though it remains above the district's 13.3% and well above Garaway and Tuscarawas Valley, both under 10%. The school serves special education and male students effectively (4-star subgroup ratings), while female students and low-socioeconomic students have seen recent declines. Class sizes are favorable at a 13.8 student-teacher ratio, and per-student spending of $10,716 is mid-to-high locally. Notably, Garaway spends less and has larger classes while outperforming in math and overall rank, while Conotton Valley High School spends nearly double yet does not lead academically — suggesting instruction and student supports matter more than dollars alone.