Summary:
ZIP code 43527 is served by two schools, both part of the Holgate Local district and both located at 801 Joe E Brown Ave in Holgate, Ohio: Holgate Elementary School, which serves grades K–5 with 162 students, and Holgate High School, which serves grades 6–12 with 216 students. There is no standalone middle school, so the high school building also houses the middle grades. The district as a whole ranks 373 of 773 in Ohio, at the 52nd percentile with 3 stars.
Holgate Elementary School is the stronger academic performer. It ranked 501 of 1,560 in 2025–2026, at the 68th percentile with 3 stars, up from the 60th percentile the prior year. Its simple average proficiency across listed 2025–2026 tests is about 75.0%, versus a state average of about 63.8% — roughly 11 percentage points higher — and it exceeded the state in 6 of 7 tested subjects, including 3rd grade Math at 85.2% versus 62.1%. Chronic absenteeism is very low at 2.6%, compared with the district rate of 5.0%. Its student-teacher ratio is 16.2.
Holgate High School has a 97.1% graduation rate and strong end-of-course results in Biology (83.3% vs 67.0%), Algebra I (75.0% vs 61.6%), and English II (71.1% vs 62.7%), with a favorable student-teacher ratio of 9.3. However, its rank fell from the 75th percentile with 4 stars in 2023–2024 to the 48th percentile with 2 stars in 2025–2026. Geometry is a persistent weak spot at 25.0% proficient versus 43.3% statewide, and several middle-grade results lag the state. Reported free/reduced lunch at the high school is 65.28%; the elementary figure is not reported. Because grade-level cohorts are small, year-to-year swings are common.
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