Pickerington Local Schools

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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.

1. A+ Toll Gate Middle School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
2. A+ Toll Gate Elementary (Elementary school, meets expectations)
3. A Pickerington High School North (High school, exceeds expectations)
4. A Sycamore Creek Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
5. A Pickerington Lakeview Junior High (Middle school, meets expectations)
6. A Violet Elementary School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
7. A Diley Middle School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
8. A Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School (Middle school, meets expectations)
9. A Harmon Middle School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
10. A- Pickerington High School Central (High school, exceeds expectations)

High schools (2)

• A- Pickerington High School Central, Pickerington
• A Pickerington High School North, Pickerington

Middle and junior high schools (5)

• A Diley Middle School, Pickerington
• A Harmon Middle School, Pickerington
• A Pickerington Lakeview Junior High, Pickerington
• A Pickerington Ridgeview Junior High School, Pickerington
• A+ Toll Gate Middle School, Pickerington

Elementary and primary schools (7)

• A- Fairfield Elementary School, Pickerington
• A- Heritage Elementary School, Pickerington
• A- Pickerington Elementary School, Pickerington
• A Sycamore Creek Elementary School, Pickerington
• A+ Toll Gate Elementary, Pickerington
• B+ Tussing Elementary School, Reynoldsburg
• A Violet Elementary School, Pickerington

Other schools and academies (2)

• D+ Pickerington Alternative School, Pickerington
• Pickerington Virtual Learning Academy, Pickerington

Cities and towns served (2)

• Pickerington (15)
• Reynoldsburg (1)

• State: Best schools in Ohio
• County: Fairfield County
• Type: regular local school district
• Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
• Enrollment: 11,549 students with 566 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,576 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
• NCES district ID: 3904689
• Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works

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