Summary:
ZIP code 43044 is home to three public schools serving grades K–12 — Dohron Wilson Elementary School, Mechanicsburg Middle School, and Mechanicsburg High School — all part of the Mechanicsburg Exempted Village district, with 827 students total and all three buildings sharing the same High Street address in Mechanicsburg.
Families comparing the three schools will find the high school is the district's strongest performer. It ranks 102 of 795 statewide (87th percentile, 4 stars), improved from 227 of 855 the year before, and beats Ohio in every listed end-of-course subject, including English II (92.3% vs. 62.7%) and American History (93.2% vs. 73.2%). It also posts a 94.4% graduation rate despite reporting 98.87% free/reduced lunch. The middle school also holds 4 stars (286 of 1046, 73rd percentile), driven by standout science at 94.8% and Algebra I at 100% in both years, and 7th and 8th grade math and 8th grade ELA all above state averages. Dohron Wilson Elementary has 3 stars (620 of 1560, 60th percentile), with big 5th grade gains in science, math, and ELA, but 4th grade math and ELA now below state averages and down from the prior year.
Attendance is worth attention: the elementary school has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 9.7%, the high school is at 11.2% (about the district's 11.1%), and the middle school is highest at 14.0%. One interesting split is Algebra I — the middle school reports 100% proficiency while the high school reports 71.7%, likely reflecting different cohorts of advanced middle schoolers versus the high school population. Note that free/reduced lunch is only reported for the high school, and per-student spending figures are from 2018–2019, so they are dated.
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