Education

Elementary and Secondary Schools
Fostoria offers its students both public an parochial educational opportunities.

Fostoria Community Schools
Fostoria Community Schools includes three elementary schools, one middle school and one high school – all committed to preparing the students for the “real world” through cooperation and involvement with local business and industry. The middle school, built in 1994, is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for students, including a teleconference center. Both middle school and high school offer extracurricular activities and athletic programs.

Fostoria Catholic Schools
For over a century, St. Wendelin Parish has provided both elementary and secondary schooling for children in the Fostoria and surrounding areas. The schools offer courses of study approved by the Ohio Department of Education, as well as offering many opportunities to apply traditional values to a challenging and changing world. St. Wendelin strive to send graduates out into the world with a commitment to the service of Christ, Church, family, community and world. Students are encouraged to let their faith take root and grow through involvement in special services, athletics and extracurricular activities.

Vocational High Schools
Fostoria high school students also can enroll at one of six technical and vocational high schools in the area, all within one hour of Fostoria.

• Apollo Joint Vocational School – Lima Ohio
• EHOVE Joint Vocational School - Avery, Ohio
• Four County Career Center – Archbold, Ohio
• Penta Career Center – Perrysburg, Ohio
• Pioneer Career & Technical Center – Shelby, Ohio
• Vanguard-Sentinel Career Centers - Fremont & Tiffin, Ohio

Four-Year Colleges and Universities
Nearly a dozen four-year colleges and universities are located within a one hour drive of Fostoria.

• Bluffton College – Bluffton, Ohio
• Bowling Green State University – Bowling Green, Ohio
• Defiance College – Defiance, Ohio
• Heidelberg College – Tiffin, Ohio
• Lourdes College – Sylvania, Ohio
• Medical University of Ohio – Toledo, Ohio
• Ohio Northern University – Ada, Ohio
• Tiffin University – Tiffin, Ohio
• University of Findlay – Findlay, Ohio
• University of Toledo – Toledo, Ohio

Two-Year Colleges
Take advantage of more than a dozen two-year colleges that officer business, trade and technical educational opportunities all within a 90 minute drive of Fostoria.

• BGSU: Firelands College – Huron, Ohio
• Davis College – Toledo, Ohio
• Lima Technical College – Lima, Ohio
• Lorain Business College – Marion, Ohio
• North Central State College – Mansfield, Ohio
• Marion Technical College – Marion, Ohio
• North Central Technical – Mansfield, Ohio
• Northwest State Community College – Archbold, Ohio
• Northwestern College – Lima, Ohio
• The Ohio State University Branch Colleges – Lima, Mansfield & Marion, Ohio
• Owens Community College – Findlay & Toledo, Ohio
• Stautzenberger College – Findlay & Toledo, Ohio
• Terra Community College – Fremont, Ohio
• University of Toledo Community & Technical College, Scott Park Campus – Toledo, Ohio

R & D and Technical Centers
A number of technical centers and facilities for research and development also are located close by.

• Edison Industrial Systems Center (aka Center for Innovative Food Technology) – Toledo, Ohio
• The Polymer Institute, University of Toledo – Toledo, Ohio