The Big Walnut School system combines the facilities and course offerings of larger school systems with the intimacy and small town setting of a rural district. The Big Walnut School system covers the majority of of Porter, Kingston, Trenton, Harlem Townships, and the Villages of Sunbury and Galena.

Three separate elementary schools feed one junior high school (Big Walnut Middle School) and one high school, both located in the village of Sunbury. The elementary schools enjoy a strong parent teacher association and each elementary school has a unique sense of community and identity.

Big Walnut school activities enjoy a position as the focal point of civic and social life in Sunbury, and there is a wholesome sense of community througout all of the school's many extra-cirricular activities.

Big Walnut is part of the prestigious Ohio Capital Confernence in athletics, and is a member of an active consortium of high schools for academics, purchasing a accreditation purposes.

Students of the Big Walnut district have consistently improved on the Ohio Department of Education's proficiency tests, and the School Board and Administration have a strategic plan in place to ensure that Big Walnut continues to excel at getting students ready for graduation, and life after school.

Big Walnut graduates attend a wide variety of college and vocational activities, and are postioned to pursue virtually any vocation in life!