Schools in Zip Code 67749

Zip code 67749 has two schools in Oberlin: Oberlin Elementary, serving prekindergarten through grade 6, and Decatur Community Junior/Senior High, serving grades 7–12. Their reported 2025–2026 proficiency results offer different pictures: the elementary was at or above state rates in all three subjects, while the high school was below state rates in all three. The most important takeaway is that the elementary’s reported overall proficiency was higher, especially in ELA and science.

Among the two schools’ all-grades results, Oberlin Elementary was the standout: proficiency was 46% in ELA, 44% in math, and 46% in science, compared with 19%, 35%, and 24% at Decatur Community Junior/Senior High. The elementary led by 27 percentage points in ELA, 10 in math, and 23 in science. Its science result was 8 points above the state, and its math result was 3 points above; its ELA rate was roughly in line with the state. The high school’s overall rates were below state results, but grade-level results show exceptions: grade 10 math was 50%, 13 points above the state, and grade 11 science was 33%, 3 points above. Elementary grade 5 also stood out, with math at 54%, 9 points above the state.

Results shifted unevenly between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026: Oberlin Elementary gained 3 points in ELA and 5 in math, while science fell 18 points; Decatur Community Junior/Senior High fell 10 points in ELA and 11 in math, but gained 2 in science. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking for the elementary went from 53 to 46 over the three reported years; the high school went from 52 to 56, then 47. The elementary had 232 students and a 10.6 student–teacher ratio, compared with 144 students and a 7.7 ratio at the high school; free/reduced-lunch rates were 60% and 56%, respectively. The high school’s 95% graduation rate was above the state’s 90%, even as its dropout rate was 2% versus 1% statewide. The schools serve different grade spans, so their all-grades results are not grade-matched comparisons.