Celebrating His Faithfulness
2025-2026 Year in Review
Equipping Disciples
Our mission is to prepare disciples through excellent education, helping each student weave together their faith and abilities so they can pursue, persevere in, and represent Christ within their vocation. As we partner with families and the local church, we intentionally integrate a biblical worldview into every aspect of teaching—amounting to more than 200,000 hours of Bible instruction each school year.
569
Boxes collected for "Operation Christmas Child"
433
Cans collected during Proud to be a Patriot week
Upper School Chapel Series
"Before the King, Together" (A corporate worship series)
"Walking in the Spirit: Knowing the Person, Power, and Privilege of the Holy Spirit."
"Through the Lowest Valley: Persisting in Christ through Suffering" (A series through Job)
The Letter of 1 John
Community Connections Chapels (Connecting work to walking with Christ)
Sing Pray Reflects/Worship Chapels
Hosted Middle & High School
Rooted in Truth Conference
Middle School - "Under His Wings: Psalm 91"
High School - "Hope: Waiting on Christ in Another Kingdom" with
Boyce Worship Collective
Hosted "Night to Shine"
Serving Our Region’s Special Needs Population
Redeeming Culture
As ODCS continues to grow, we are grateful to see more families than ever choosing to invest in Christ-centered education. This year, our school community reached a milestone of 812 students enrolled — the highest enrollment in school history. Beyond the numbers, we celebrate the opportunity to cultivate an environment where students are known, challenged, and encouraged to grow in both faith and academics. We are thankful for the strong community God continues to build at ODCS and look forward to the impact these students and families will have for years to come.
812
Total Enrollment
New Students: 129
Re-Enrolled: 684
89%
Re-Enrollment Rate
50+
Students of Alumni
Where Our Students Live
Ethnicity of Students
- Caucasian/White 67.6%
- Asian 0.4%
- American Indian/Alaskan Native 0.5%
- African American/Black 10.2%
- Hispanic/Latino 10.8%
- Multiracial 8.1%
- Other 2.2%
Developing gifts
Our mission-driven team is dedicated to developing the whole student—spiritually, academically, athletically, artistically, and through service. We are passionate about partnering with families and local churches to love, serve, and equip students for whatever lies ahead.
As followers of Christ, our faculty is deeply invested in students’ spiritual growth, creating meaningful opportunities for them to explore and use their unique, God-given gifts to glorify Him. For the students who have not yet trusted in Christ, we prayerfully encourage them to receive the gift of salvation through Jesus.
"God Uniquely Gifts Every Student"
From fine arts to athletics, ODCS students continue to use their God-given talents to impact our community for Christ. This year’s fall production, Everyone’s a Critic, brought audiences a unique “mystery dinner experience,” while the spring musical celebrated ODCS’s 50th anniversary through a special revue featuring songs from productions throughout the school’s history.
Patriot athletics also celebrated an outstanding year, including conference championships and a state qualification for Girls Bowling, Trevor Taylor qualifying for the Cross Country State Championship, a Regional Semifinal appearance for Boys Soccer, and Volleyball earning the first District Championship and Regional Runner-Up finish in program history. In middle school athletics, Baylynn Bendik completed an undefeated cross country season and won the national championship race in Kentucky, earning the title of the fastest 7th grade girl in the United States.
18
Returning Educators With 10 Years of Service or Greater
4
New courses available for students:
Speech, Family and Consumer Science, Field Experience and Independent Study, AP Literature
$610K
Higher Education Scholarships Received by the Class of 2024
90.9%
of Graduates Plan to Attend College
With 27.2% Choosing Christian Colleges
66
CCP courses taken
College Credit Plus (CCP) is an Ohio program that allows high school students to earn college and high school credit simultaneously by taking college-level courses
100%
of AP English students have earned a score of 3+ in the last 2 years
9
Art Awards given by the Educational Service Center of Lorain County
12
out of 26 seniors inducted into the Ardith Enlow 4.0 Club
An honor awarded to seniors who have earned a cumulative GPA of 4.0 or higher
2
Individual State Qualifiers
As Well As 1 Team Qualifier
7
All-Ohio High School Honorees
Student-athletes formally recognized as one of the top performers in their sport across the entire state
ODCS 2.0: More for His Glory
This past year brought exciting progress for ODCS 2.0. Our largest project was the new main entrance and office, redesigned to enhance campus safety by limiting visitor access. We also completed a new classroom, teacher workroom, and repaved parking lot.
Throughout the year, our ODCS community committed over $1.5 million, with more than 230 ministry partners investing in our students' future.
Plans for our new gymnasium are now confirmed, with construction beginning this coming school year, and work is already underway on a new elementary playground — more enclosed and separated from visitor traffic — set for completion by the start of the 2026–27 school year. We are grateful for God's provision every step of the way.
Thank You
Thank you for investing your time, talents, treasure, and trust in ODCS! Your partnership helps our students become disciples who practice justice, mercy, and faithfulness as defined by God.
We love hearing your ODCS stories. What drew you to ODCS? How did you connect with us? Have you been impacted by a teacher or event? What inspires you to give, serve, or pray for our ministry? How can we pray for you? Please share below.