Summary:
ZIP code 43076 in Thornville, Ohio is served by three public schools in the Northern Local district: Thornville Elementary School (K–5, 351 students), Sheridan Middle School (6–8, 516 students), and Sheridan High School (9–12, 711 students), for 1,578 students total, in a district ranked 280 of 773 in Ohio at the 64th percentile with 3 stars.
For academics, Thornville Elementary School is the standout: it earned 4 stars in the three most recent rank histories, with rank percentiles of 78, 82, and 78, and its 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism was 14.5%, below the district’s 19.5%. Its 2025–2026 test scores exceeded both district and state in every listed area, including 3rd grade math at 84.9% vs. district 67.8% and state 62.1%, 3rd grade ELA at 84.9% vs. 64.3% and 63.4%, 4th grade math at 82.1% vs. 79.4% and 67.3%, and 5th grade math at 76.4% vs. 73.7% and 59.1%.
At the secondary level, Sheridan High School has a 96.8% graduation rate and above-state End-of-Course scores in all six listed subjects, such as American History 86.5% vs. 73.2%, English II 76.5% vs. 62.7%, Algebra I 74.7% vs. 61.6%, and Biology 77.0% vs. 67.0%; Geometry is the weak spot at 46.5%, only 3.2 points above the state and down from 52.4%. Its rank percentile fell from 79 to 69, with stars dropping from 4 to 3. Sheridan Middle School improved its rank percentile to 68 from 61, with gains in 6th grade math (49.1% to 58.9%), 8th grade math (57.7% to 66.5%), 8th grade ELA (51.5% to 59.6%), and 8th grade science (72.9% to 74.5%), but has the highest chronic absenteeism at 25.9%. Student-teacher ratios rise from 16.8 at elementary to 17.4 at middle and 20.6 at high school. Per-student spending is historical (2018–2019): $9,583, $9,070, and $9,290 respectively; free/reduced-lunch data is unavailable, so it is unknown, not 0%.
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