Summary:
ZIP code 43105 (Baltimore, Ohio) is served by three public schools — one elementary (K–4), one middle (5–8), and one high school (9–12) — all part of the Liberty Union-Thurston Local district, with a combined enrollment of 1,175 students. The district ranks 339 of 773 in Ohio, placing it in the 56th percentile with 3 stars.
Liberty Union Elementary School (445 students) posts the strongest early math results: 85.9% proficient in 4th grade math versus 67.3% statewide, and 70.4% in 4th grade ELA versus 61.8% statewide, with all four of its reported tests above the state average. Its chronic absenteeism is 7.3%. Liberty Union Middle School (381 students) is the highest-ranked school in the ZIP code, improving from the 61st percentile to the 67th over three years with 3 stars. Nine of its eleven reported tests beat the state, including Algebra I at 95.8% (state: 61.6%), 8th grade ELA at 79.3%, and 5th grade math at 78.1%. Its absenteeism is 8.3%. Both schools sit below the district's 10.1% chronic absenteeism rate.
Liberty Union High School (349 students) is a mixed picture. Its 99.0% graduation rate matches the district, and it beats the state in American History (85.2%), American Government (83.6%), and English II (71.0%). Math, however, is a serious weakness: Algebra I is 25.0% (down from 47.8%) and Geometry is 24.1% (down from 38.2%), both far below state averages. Chronic absenteeism is 16.9% — the highest in the ZIP code — and its rank percentile has slid from 58 to 44, dropping to 2 stars. Notably, the elementary school has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (44.04%) yet the strongest math results, while the high school has the lowest (29.23%) and the weakest, so poverty, spending, and staffing ratios alone do not explain the differences.
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