Summary:
Bascom, Ohio is home to just one high school: Hopewell-Loudon Local High School, a school serving grades 7–12 with 366 students at 181 N County Road 7. Because it is the only high school in the area, it is both the subject of this analysis and the benchmark for the community. It belongs to the Hopewell-Loudon Local district, which ranks 156th of 773 Ohio districts — about the 80th percentile — with a 4-star rating.
The school is a 4-star performer on its own. In 2025–2026 it ranked 143rd of 795 schools (82nd percentile), after 107th of 855 (87th percentile) in 2024–2025 and 115th of 864 (87th percentile) in 2023–2024. It reports a 100% graduation rate and chronic absenteeism of 5.4%, below the district's 6.1%. In every reported test in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, proficiency exceeded the state average, even with 74.04% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. Algebra I is the standout: 92.4% proficient in 2025–2026 against 61.6% statewide, a gap of +30.8 points. English II, Biology, Geometry, American Government, American History, and the 7th and 8th grade tests also came in above state averages, with the school outperforming the state by roughly 14.7 points on average across the 11 reported tests in 2025–2026.
Two items are worth watching. Geometry was the lowest 2025–2026 result at 56.9% — still above the state's 43.3%, but down from 75.5% the previous year. Results overall are mixed year to year, which likely reflects different grade cohorts rather than the same students slipping. Note also that some figures are older or narrower: spending per student of $9,013 is from 2018–2019, the student-teacher ratio of 20.5 is from 2024–2025, and no state comparison is provided for that ratio.
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