Schools in Bascom, OH

Bascom, Ohio is served by a small two-school public system — Hopewell-Loudon Local Elementary School (grades PK–6, 397 students) and Hopewell-Loudon Local High School (grades 7–12, 366 students) — both part of the Hopewell-Loudon Local district, which ranks 156th of 773 Ohio districts at the 80th percentile with 4 stars. Note that the high school covers grades 7 and 8 as well, so although no middle school is listed separately, middle-grade students attend the high school building.

Both schools earn 4 stars and outperform Ohio on every reported test in both 2024–25 and 2025–26. The high school is the stronger performer overall: it ranks 143rd of 795 schools (82nd percentile), has a 100.0% graduation rate, and chronic absenteeism of 5.4%, below the district's 6.1%. Its standout 2025–26 results include Algebra I at 92.4% proficient (state: 61.6%), American Government at 84.2% (state: 71.6%), and Biology at 81.5% (state: 67.0%); even its lowest score, Geometry at 56.9%, comfortably beats the state's 43.3%. It also serves a high free/reduced-lunch population (74.04%) and still performs above state averages, though the elementary school's free/reduced-lunch rate is not reported, so a full comparison isn't possible.

The elementary school ranks 409th of 1,560 schools (74th percentile), with especially strong early results: 3rd Grade Mathematics at 93.0% (state: 62.1%) and 5th Grade Science at 87.3% (state: 62.7%). Its rank has eased slightly, from the 78th to 75th to 74th percentile, and the high school slipped from the 87th to the 82nd percentile in 2025–26 after two steady years — some sizable year-over-year declines, such as 8th Grade Science (91.4% to 74.1%), still sit above state averages. The high school has a larger student-teacher ratio (20.5 vs. 17.2) and lower 2018–19 per-student spending ($9,013 vs. $9,805), yet currently posts the stronger outcomes.