Summary:
ZIP code 43619, in the Northwood area near Toledo, is served by three schools — all part of Northwood Local Schools — covering grades PK–6 at Northwood Elementary School (453 students), grades 7–12 at Northwood High School (357 students), and an 8-student virtual option, Ranger Online Academy, for a combined enrollment of 818. There is no separate middle school; grades 7 and 8 are housed inside the high school building.
The two brick-and-mortar schools are moving in opposite directions. Northwood High School is the standout, rising from 2 stars to 3 stars and from the 49th to the 54th percentile, and it now beats the state on 9 of its 12 tested subjects — strongest in American History (84.6 vs 73.2 state), American Government, Grade 7 English, Algebra I, and Biology. Its 98.6% graduation rate is excellent. Northwood Elementary School, by contrast, slipped from the 46th to the 40th percentile and now trails the state on 6 of 9 tests, with the biggest gaps in Grade 4 reading (44.0 vs 61.8) and Grade 3 and 4 math. Grade 6 math, however, beats the state.
Two patterns are worth watching. Chronic absenteeism nearly doubles after elementary school — 15.1% at the elementary (better than the district's 19.3%) versus 24.9% at the high school, which is what pushes the district average up. And the high school's gains are uneven across grades: Grade 7 English jumped sharply while Grade 8 English fell to 50.0%. Class sizes also differ, at 19.6 students per teacher in the elementary versus 14.8 in the high school. Ranger Online Academy, with only 8 students, has insufficient data to compare and should not be judged on performance.
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