Summary:
ZIP code 45853 covers Kalida, a small community in Putnam County, Ohio, served by one district — Kalida Local — and just two schools: Kalida High School, which serves grades 5–12 with 393 students, and Kalida Elementary School, serving PK–4 with 203 students, for a district total of 596. Because there is no middle school building, the high school record also carries the 5th–8th grade state test results.
Both schools perform well above the state average. Kalida High School holds a 5-star rating in all three years of ranking history and sits at the 95th percentile statewide (42nd of 795 schools), clearing the state proficiency average in all 16 tested areas in both years — 32 of 32 — with an average of about 87.9% proficient against a state average of about 60.4%. Its biggest margins are in math: Geometry (+40.7), 7th grade math (+40.5) and 8th grade math (+40.3). Kalida Elementary is rated 4 stars at the 87th percentile and averages about 84.7% proficient versus about 63.7% statewide; its standout result is 97.6% proficiency in 3rd grade English Language Arts, the highest figure in the data. The district itself ranks 40th of 773 Ohio districts (95th percentile, 5 stars), a standing carried largely by the high school's results.
Practical points for parents: the graduation rate is 97.8%, and chronic absenteeism at the elementary is an exceptional 2.1% compared with 9.5% at the high school, which accounts for about 90% of the district's 7.1% rate. Just under 10% of students at both schools qualify for free or reduced lunch. Note that spending figures ($9,247 high school, $9,908 elementary) date to 2018–2019, and that small grade sizes — roughly 40 students — mean a 10-point change can reflect only about four students. The elementary's ranking stepped down from a 2023–2024 peak, but its proficiency rates were essentially flat (84.9% to 84.7%), so that shift is unexplained by this data.
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