District Profile

Waynedale Local School District is located in rural Wayne and Holmes County.  The district operates one school building that serves a PreK-5 elementary school, a 6-8 middle school, and a 9-12 high school all under one roof. Our district spans approximately 117 square miles.  Currently the district enrolls 1045 students and 26.72% are on free or reduced lunch.  Waynedale Local School District participates in a small compact with one other district that share one superintendent.

District Enrollment

Elementary 445
Middle 239
High 359

Grants

Striving Readers Consortium $1.2 million
Young Entrepreneur’s Consortium $522,205
Wayne County Jobs & Family Services/The Village Network $125,000
Social Justice $5,000
Treasurer’s Collaborative Straight-A Grant $200,000
Avid $61,000
Race to the Top $569,545.04
K-12 Prevention Grant $8,912

Past Awards

School of Promise
Blue Ribbon School

Staffing

Waynedale Local School District works hard to ensure all students have access to all educational opportunities. The average years of teaching experience is 14.5 and 60% of our teaching staff have obtained a Masters. All staff impact our learning community and make Waynedale Local a great district to be a part of!

Technology

We offer one-to-one devices for students in grades 6-12 and Chromebook carts for elementary students.

Courses

In addition to having outstanding college credit plus courses and general courses of study, Waynedale Local is affiliated with Wayne County Schools Career Center. The WCSCC offers numerous vocational programs and opportunities for our students as well.

Graduates

Top 4 Colleges our students attend: Akron, Ohio State, Kent, Ashland

Athletics and the Arts

We offer 13 varsity sports, 3 choirs, band, and art club. Our students also have the opportunity to participate in performances and events including plays, musicals, and concerts.

Support

We are fortunate to have PTOs and Booster Clubs be actively involved and supportive in our learning environments. We have over 185 volunteers that participate and donate time to enhance our learning community.

Our district instructional framework includes the following components:

1. Prior Learning -Connection to activate schema
2. Objective- Goal/target posted for students to attain
3. Student Engagement- Conducive environment/climate that promotes involvement, persistence despite challenges, and student ownership to internalize value of learning
4. Differentiated Instruction- Lessons incorporate skills according to learners’ needs to meet intent of objective or advance beyond
5. Technology Connection- Integrating technology skills within the content
6. Assessments- Assess student knowledge of selected content to determine appropriate complexity and pacing (formative/summative)

It takes all of us to educate and influence our students!