Schools in Zip Code 43003

ZIP code 43003 in Ashley, OH has one public school in this data set: Buckeye Valley East Elementary School, an elementary campus serving grades PK–5 with 441 students in Buckeye Valley Local Schools. The area summary shows 1 elementary school, 0 middle schools, 0 high schools, and 0 alternative schools, so this ZIP’s data is entirely represented by this one PK–5 campus. The district is strong, ranking 91st of 773 Ohio districts, in the 88th percentile, with 4 stars.

The school has clear academic momentum. Its state rank improved from 636th of 1,577 in 2023–2024 to 539th of 1,558 in 2024–2025, then to 270th of 1,560 in 2025–2026, rising from the 60th to the 83rd percentile and from 3 to 4 stars. In 2025–2026, every reported Ohio State Tests proficiency score was above the state average, including 100% in 5th-grade math versus 75.3 for the district and 59.1 for the state, and 83.1 in 3rd-grade ELA versus 82.1 for the district and 63.4 for the state. However, the school was below district in 4th-grade math and 4th-grade ELA. In 2024–2025, it was below the state only in 5th-grade ELA, at 62.2 versus 67.7. Simple unweighted averages show the school moving from 72.6 in 2024–2025, below the district’s 80.4, to 82.6 in 2025–2026, above the district’s 80.2.

Other metrics: chronic absenteeism is 15.0%, slightly above the district’s 13.9%. About 33.79% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025; the student-teacher ratio is 15.2, and per-student spending was $9,675 in 2018–2019, which is several years old. Because this ZIP has only one school, there are no within-ZIP comparisons. Several metrics come from different years, and some years lack certain subject/grade results. Older students likely attend middle or high school elsewhere in the district, but that cannot be confirmed from this list alone.