While most communities talk about the quality of their preparatory public school education programs, Upper Sandusky and other public school districts in Wyandot County – Carey Exempted Village, Mohawk Local, Ridgedale, Riverdale and Wynford – combine each year to ready students for college or trade schools by attaining a category that ranks with the most successful in Ohio.

For example, Upper Sandusky Exempted Village Schools, administering to some 1,800 students annually, consistently receives an “effective” rating from the Ohio Department of Education for proficiency testing of its students. The smaller school districts mentioned above have achieved a similar rating, placing all Wyandot County schools in the “quality education” category.

The Upper Sandusky district is comprised of three K-5 elementary schools. Each elementary school conducts full-day kindergarten classes, which prepares children early-on to meet the challenge of a thorough education process. Upper Sandusky’s Middle School, for grades 6-8, features a modified format with curriculum that includes art and vocational home economics, while the high school is a traditional 9-12 grade operation that offers more than 70 courses designed to prepare students for a trade or college.

Junior and senior students can take courses at Sentinel Career Center 30 minutes away in Tiffin.

All Upper Sandusky Schools are computer-stocked and Internet-connected, with mobile computer labs being a part of the middle school learning process along with wireless laptop connectivity for today’s accelerated learning pace. The high school offers student labs in business and keyboarding, as well as an industrial/technical computer lab, which includes special training by area businesses.

Two parochial schools are located in Wyandot County – St. Peter’s Catholic School in Upper Sandusky, a K-6 elementary school with an extended-day program, and the K-8 Our Lady of Consolation School of Carey.

The educational needs for local disabled residents are met by Angeline School and Industries, which enrolls students ages 6-21 in a multi-classroom facility just north of Upper Sandusky. Angeline also offers full-day preschool, an early intervention program for children from birth to age 2, a vocational skills program for 14 and older, and an adult activities center for seniors.