Welcome to Frontier Local School District!

Welcome to Frontier Local School District’s new website. Frontier school district serves over 800 students, has three elementary school and one 7-12 school. The district is located along the Ohio River in Washington County. The district covers 156 square miles with Wayne National Forest making up 40 percent of the area. Frontier Local School District is the largest employer in the district with approximately 100 employees.

The district is mainly rural with a limited tax base and approximately 80 percent of our operating funds come from the state and federal governments. Over 60 percent of our students qualify for Free or Reduced Lunches and the district offers free breakfast to every student.

In 1968 Frontier School District was formed from the consolidation of four school districts, Newport, Lawrence, Bloomfield, and Matamoras. Cougars became the new athletic mascot name became and the new school colors became Columbia Blue and Vegas Gold. Frontier School District earned a state report card rating of “Effective” for the 2009-2010 school and Frontier High Middle School earned a Bronze Medal rating in 2009 from U.S. News and World Report.

Please explore the new website and feel free to contact myself or any of the school principals with suggestions for improving the site.

Bruce A. Kidder
Superintendent
Frontier Local School District