Bucyrus City

The Bucyrus City school district in Ohio comprises three schools - Bucyrus Elementary School, Bucyrus Secondary School, and Bucyrus Middle School - serving students from elementary through high school. While the district faces challenges, such as low academic performance and high chronic absenteeism, there are also pockets of excellence, like the strong performance of Bucyrus Middle School on end-of-course exams.

Bucyrus Middle School stands out for its exceptional proficiency rates on end-of-course exams, with 90.9% proficiency in Biology and 72.2% proficiency in Algebra I, significantly outpacing the district and state averages. The school also boasts a 65.8% proficiency rate in English Language Arts among 7th graders. In contrast, Bucyrus Elementary School and Bucyrus Secondary School struggle with test scores that lag behind state averages, particularly in Mathematics and Science.

Economic disadvantage is a significant concern across the Bucyrus City district, with Bucyrus Secondary School having an extremely high free/reduced lunch rate of 98.97%. This high level of economic disadvantage among the student population likely contributes to the lower academic performance observed. However, the district's high graduation rate at Bucyrus Secondary School, at 94.4%, suggests that there are also areas of strength that could be leveraged to improve outcomes across the district.