Photo: Aesopposea · CC BY-SA 3.0Harrisburg’s public schools
South-Western City School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Harrisburg. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Ohio’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Harrisburg’s schools, in brief
School by school
4 of Harrisburg’s 25 district schools with test results score above the middle of Ohio’s 3,056 public schools. Buckeye Woods Elementary School places highest (better than 86%); East Franklin Elementary School lowest (14%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
16 elementary schools serve Harrisburg, graded from D to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then five middle schools and four high schools: Grove City High School, Westland High School, Central Crossing High School and Franklin Heights High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Harrisburg, with each school’s own grade.
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the South-Western City School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Harrisburg vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Ohio towns that share Harrisburg’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg | — | South-Western City |
| Pleasant | C+ | South-Western City |
| Darby | B− | Westfall Local |
Every school in Harrisburg
25 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Ohio’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Harrisburg’s schools
Are Harrisburg’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Harrisburg. South-Western City School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Harrisburg. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 25 district schools with test results score above the middle of Ohio’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Harrisburg in?
South-Western City School District.
Where do Harrisburg kids go to high school?
One of four high schools, depending on your address: Grove City High School, Westland High School, Central Crossing High School and Franklin Heights High School.
Parents talk
What Harrisburg families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Harrisburg → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.