The top reported proficiency rate is 97% in Science. The lowest is 86% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Fort Meigs Elementary School
Fort Meigs Elementary School serves kindergarten through fourth grade in Perrysburg, a riverfront suburb of Toledo that has roughly doubled in population over recent decades and continues to absorb significant new housing growth. The school sits on Fort Meigs Road on the western side of town, where new residential developments like Coventry Pointe North are now being built.
The school's academic performance is solid across the measured subjects. In the most recent state testing window, math proficiency stood in the upper range, and English language arts proficiency was also strong. Science and social studies results from earlier testing periods showed similarly high attainment. Across these subjects, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile when compared against other districts in Wood County, a direct indicator of above-average academic outcomes.
The enrollment is small to mid-sized for an elementary serving four grades plus kindergarten. A modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a community with generally higher economic stability. The student body is predominantly white, with Hispanic, Asian, and multiracial students making up smaller portions of the population. Specific data on English learners and students receiving special education services was not available.
Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools has faced real fiscal stress. Voters rejected operating levies in November 2024 and earlier, forcing the district to consider cuts to athletics, extracurriculars, foreign language, reading intervention, and K-12 STEM. In November 2025, voters approved a five-year emergency operating levy that reversed this trajectory and preserved those programs going forward. Additionally, in February 2025 the Board approved an elementary redistricting plan that will reassign roughly a quarter of elementary students across the four buildings for the 2025-26 school year, redrawn bus routes, and adjusted school assignments—a structural change families moving into the area should understand, since it affects which neighborhood feeds which elementary building.
The broader Perrysburg context matters for school choice and housing decisions. The town has a preserved historic downtown along Louisiana Avenue with independent shops, restaurants, and civic institutions, plus a large mixed-use district at Levis Commons. Residential neighborhoods are diverse, ranging from established historic areas to newer lifestyle housing. Median household income is above state and national benchmarks, and the housing market has been appreciating steadily. However, rapid growth is straining school capacity; a bond levy for a new elementary school failed in March 2024, and the redistricting was partly designed to balance enrollment across existing buildings and delay the need for portable classrooms.
For a family considering Fort Meigs, the picture is a strong-performing elementary in a growth community with solid academic results, a stable and relatively affluent peer group, but also the reality of recent fiscal challenges and ongoing enrollment pressures that are reshaping school boundaries. The school sits in a working-class and middle-class suburban setting with good access to parks, trails, and the Maumee River, though school campuses are separated from the historic downtown rather than woven into civic life there.
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