Summary:
ZIP code 43315 covers Cardington, Ohio, and lists four schools — one elementary, one middle, and two high schools — serving roughly 1,026 students, with three schools in the Cardington-Lincoln Local district and one separate school, Tomorrow Center.
Within the district, results are uneven rather than uniformly strong or weak. Cardington-Lincoln Middle School posts the most striking bright spot: 100% proficient in Algebra I in both test years, plus 8th grade math at 60.9% versus the state's 52.0%. Its weak point is 6th grade ELA at 30.0%, well below the state's 56.0%. Cardington-Lincoln High School graduates 94.1% of students and beats the state in American Government (79.5%), American History (78.1%), and Biology (72.2%), but its math results are low: Algebra I at 25.4% and Geometry at 29.0%. Cardington-Lincoln Elementary School has the lowest chronic absenteeism of the four at 12.7%, below the district's 15.5%, though its test scores generally trail state averages.
Tomorrow Center stands out as the most challenged option: 0 stars, 2nd percentile, 46.3% chronic absenteeism, and a 75.9% graduation rate — 18.2 points below Cardington-Lincoln High. Its reported proficiency is very low across subjects, including 0% in Algebra I and Geometry. Across the area, absenteeism climbs with grade level, from 12.7% in elementary to 20.3% in high school. The district itself is rated 1 star at the 28th percentile, and the middle school slipped from 3 stars and the 52nd percentile in 2023–2024 to 2 stars and 39th percentile in 2025–2026. Spending and free/reduced-lunch data are too limited or outdated for firm conclusions, and small enrollments make year-to-year swings easy to overread.
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