Schools · Prospect

Prospect, OH schools

Prospect’s public schools score well below Ohio’s averages: 52% of students are proficient in reading against 57.2% statewide, and 97% of high schoolers graduate on time against 85.3%. Kids attend Elgin Elementary School through grade 5, then Elgin Middle School and Elgin High School.

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

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Prospect’s School Grade: B

The public schools Prospect’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 57% of Ohio’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scoresA-Graduation
Ohio school districts we grade (897)Better than 57%
Lower resultsHigher results
Ohio towns with similar household incomes (1,434)Better than 40%
High confidence. Built on 611 tested students and a graduating class of 78; 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 Prospect kids go to school

Grades K–5
B-Elgin Elementary School 490 students · Marion Elgin Local School District
Grades 6–8
C+Elgin Middle School 257 students · Marion Elgin Local School District
Grades 9–12
C+Elgin High School 275 students · Marion Elgin 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 below the state in reading

Reading (grades K–12, Elgin Local)52%
State average 57.2%
Math (grades K–12, Elgin Local)47%
State average 49.7%
Graduation · class of 2020

97% graduate on time

Graduation rate
97%
OH: 85.3%
Graduating class
78
students

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

Districts

The district serving Prospect

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

Within reach

Colleges near Prospect

There’s no college in Prospect, but 11 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Marion Technical College in Marion, 9.9 miles away.

1 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of Prospect. 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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