Penn’s public schools beat 59% of Ohio districts
The public schools Penn’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 59% of Ohio’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
How Penn compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Ohio’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Ohio only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Penn (some depend on your address).
Two districts serve Penn
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Above the state in reading
Penn vs. its neighbors
Penn’s schools rank 5th of 6 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Ohio districts.
Every school in Penn
0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Penn families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Penn
There’s no college in Penn, but 2 are within 30 miles. The closest is Southern State Community College in Hillsboro, 3.9 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Penn. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Ohio. Stars are from neighbors.