Schools · Ballville

Ballville, OH schools

Ballville’s public schools score well below Ohio’s averages: 44% of students are proficient in reading against 57.2% statewide, and 96% of high schoolers graduate on time against 85.3%. Kids attend Lutz Elementary School through grade 5, then Fremont Middle School or Old Fort High School and Fremont Ross High School or Old Fort High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B-School Grade #433Best schools in OH (of 621)#220Highest graduation rate in OH (of 895)

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Ballville’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Ballville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of Ohio’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C+Test scoresA-Graduation

Ohio school districts we grade (897)Better than 49%

Lower resultsHigher results

Ohio towns with similar household incomes (1,410)Better than 20%

Towns in Sandusky County (12)Better than 33%

High confidence. Built on 2,256 tested students and a graduating class of 257; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Ohio’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Ohio only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Ohio with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Ballville kids go to school

Grades PK–5

B-Lutz Elementary School 393 students · Fremont Fremont City School District

Grades 6–12

CFremont Middle School or B+Old Fort High School Depends on your address Fremont City School District

Grades 12

C-Fremont Ross High School or B+Old Fort High School Depends on your address Fremont City School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Fremont City)44%

State average 57.2%

Reading (Old Fort Local)64%

State average 57.2%

Math (grades PK–12, Fremont City)35%

State average 49.7%

Math (Old Fort Local)72%

State average 49.7%

Graduation · class of 2020

96% graduate on time

Graduation rate

96%

OH: 85.3%

Graduating class

257

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #220 of 895 OH towns →

Districts

Two districts serve Ballville

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Fremont City School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 3,247 students

$14,795 per studentOH $16,610C+🏫

Old Fort Local School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 644 students

$15,657 per studentOH $16,610A

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Ballville

There’s no college in Ballville, but 7 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Terra State Community College in Fremont, 4.2 miles away.

Terra State Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Fremont4.2 mi1,794 students Tiffin UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Tiffin12.6 mi1,843 students Heidelberg UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Tiffin12.7 mi1,025 students

Ohio Business College-SanduskyCareer school · For-profit · Perkins25.4 mi24 students

Bowling Green State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Bowling Green27 mi14,599 students Bowling Green State University-FirelandsUniversity or college · Public · Huron28.7 mi1,398 students Owens Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Perrysburg29.2 mi6,316 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Ballville. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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