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Lake Darby, OH schools

Lake Darby’s public schools score well below Ohio’s averages: 48% of students are proficient in reading against 57.2% statewide, and 87% of high schoolers graduate on time against 85.3%. Kids attend one of 28 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 28 elementary schools, one of 8 middle schools and one of 7 high schools.

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

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Lake Darby’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Lake Darby’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 50% of Ohio’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

B-Test scoresCGraduation
Ohio school districts we grade (897)Better than 50%
Lower resultsHigher results
Ohio towns with similar household incomes (1,004)Better than 15%
High confidence. Built on 18,278 tested students and a graduating class of 1,690; 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 Lake Darby kids go to school

Grades PK–5
28 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list South-Western City School District
Grades 5
28 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list South-Western City School District
Grades 6–8
8 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Hilliard City School District
Grades 9–12
7 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list South-Western 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

Above the state in reading

Reading (grades 6–8, Hilliard City)62%
State average 57.2%
Reading (grades PK–12, South-Western City)48%
State average 57.2%
Math (grades 6–8, Hilliard City)57%
State average 49.7%
Math (grades PK–12, South-Western City)40%
State average 49.7%
Graduation · class of 2020

87% graduate on time

Graduation rate
87%
OH: 85.3%
Graduating class
1,690
students

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

Districts

Two districts serve Lake Darby

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

Within reach

Colleges near Lake Darby

There’s no college in Lake Darby, but 21 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Mount Carmel College of Nursing in Columbus, 10.5 miles away.

11 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of Lake Darby. 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.

We don’t have any schools located in Lake Darby yet.

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