Summary:
ZIP code 43311 covers Bellefontaine, Ohio, where 8 schools serve roughly 4,406 students across grades PK–12: three elementary schools, two middle schools, three high schools, and no alternative schools, split among Bellefontaine City, Benjamin Logan Local, and the Ohio High-Point Career Center.
Benjamin Logan Local is the stronger district overall, ranking 313 of 773 districts (60th percentile, 3 stars) versus Bellefontaine City's 43rd percentile and 2 stars. Benjamin Logan Middle School is the clear academic standout: the area's only 4-star school, at the 73rd percentile, with the lowest chronic absenteeism (8.4%) and test scores far above state averages, including 100 in Algebra I. Benjamin Logan Elementary School (59th percentile) outperformed the state in every reported subject. Bellefontaine High School has the best momentum, rising from the 39th to the 49th percentile with every reported End-of-Course subject improving, but it also carries the area's highest chronic absenteeism at 35.0%.
Chronic absenteeism is the sharpest divide: Benjamin Logan Local averages 12.0% against Bellefontaine City's 25.4%, and every Bellefontaine City school with data has higher absenteeism than its Benjamin Logan counterpart. Bellefontaine's results are more uneven — Bellefontaine Intermediate School fell below state averages in several subjects, and Bellefontaine Middle School's 8th-grade math proficiency is 37.8% against a state average of 52.0%, though its Algebra I score is 92.5%. Both traditional high schools graduate nearly all students (Benjamin Logan High School at 100.0% and Bellefontaine High at 99.5%). Ohio High-Point stands apart with a 7.2 student-teacher ratio but no rank, stars, or test data in this list.
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