Schools · Big Spring

Big Spring, OH schools

Big Spring’s public schools score well above Ohio’s averages: 73% of students are proficient in reading against 57.2% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 85.3%. Kids attend New Riegel Elementary School through grade 5, then New Riegel High School.

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

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Big Spring’s School Grade: A

The public schools Big Spring’s kids attend outperform 89% of Ohio’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A-Test scores
Ohio school districts we grade (897)Better than 89%
Lower resultsHigher results
Ohio towns with similar household incomes (1,436)Better than 92%
Towns in Seneca County (15)Better than 73%
Good confidence. Built on 233 tested students; 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. 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.
  • 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 Big Spring kids go to school

Grades K–5
A-New Riegel Elementary School 179 students · New Riegel New Riegel Local School District
Grades 6–12
B+New Riegel High School 224 students · New Riegel New Riegel Local 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 above the state in reading

Reading (grades K–12, New Riegel Local)73%
State average 57.2%
Math (grades K–12, New Riegel Local)67%
State average 49.7%
Graduation · class of 2020

90% graduate on time

Graduation rate
90%
OH: 85.3%
Graduating class
29
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Big Spring

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

Within reach

Colleges near Big Spring

There’s no college in Big Spring, but 7 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Tiffin University in Tiffin, 10.9 miles away.

Straight-line distance from the center of Big Spring. 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.

Every school

All 2 schools in Big Spring

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School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

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