Summary:
ZIP code 45856 in Leipsic contains two schools, both part of the Leipsic Local district and located at the same address: Leipsic High School, which serves grades 6–12 with 396 students, and Leipsic Elementary School, which serves grades K–5 with 290 students, for a combined enrollment of 686. There is no separately listed middle school, so middle-grade results are reported under the high school. The district overall ranks 187th of 773 in Ohio, at the 76th percentile with 4 stars, but that strength is unevenly distributed between the two schools.
Leipsic High School is the academic standout. It ranks 110th of 795 high schools (86th percentile) with 4 stars in 2025–2026, and has stayed in the upper tier over three years (84th, 77th, then 86th percentile). It graduates 100% of its students and scored above the state in all 13 reported tests, with its largest margins in American Government (100% vs. 71.6%), 8th Grade Mathematics (82.1% vs. 52%), and Algebra I (85.4% vs. 61.6%). Even its grades 6–8 results beat state averages in every subject. One caution: chronic absenteeism at the high school is 14.9%, well above the elementary school's 4.1% and the district's 10.1%.
Leipsic Elementary School is more mixed and is trending downward, slipping from the 69th percentile in 2023–2024 to 64th and then 53rd in 2025–2026, while holding 3 stars. Its strengths are 3rd grade, where proficiency is 88.5% in both Mathematics and English Language Arts, plus 5th Grade Science (69% vs. 62.7%) and the area's lowest absenteeism. Its clear weakness is upper-elementary math: 4th Grade Mathematics is 55.1% and 5th Grade Mathematics is 40.5%, both below state averages. Free/reduced lunch rates (43.69% and 47.93%) and spending per student ($9,215 and $8,920) are fairly close between the two schools, so resources alone do not explain the performance gap.
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