Summary:
ZIP code 43318 covers De Graff, Ohio, and contains just two schools — Riverside Elementary School (grades PK–6, 327 students) and Riverside High School (grades 7–12, 260 students) — both part of Riverside Local. The two buildings share one address, forming a single PK–12 campus with 587 students total, and there is no separate middle school, so grades 7–8 are housed in the high school. Parents should note that the district's reported figures mirror the individual schools, so the useful comparison is against Ohio as a whole.
The two schools are heading in different directions. Riverside Elementary School is the standout: it holds 3 stars, ranks in the 61st percentile of Ohio elementary schools, and has climbed for three straight years. It beat the state in 8 of 9 tested grade/subject combinations in 2025–26, including 3rd grade math at 77.1% versus 62.1% statewide. Its only soft spot is 6th grade ELA at 42.2%, which is 13.8 points below state. Riverside High School holds 2 stars and ranks 45th percentile, down from 61st the prior year. Its strengths are strong — a 98.2% graduation rate, plus above-state results in American Government (81.8%), American History (80%), and Biology (75%) — but math is a serious weakness.
The most striking pattern is the math drop at the elementary-to-high-school transition: 6th grade math is 64.4%, while 7th grade math is 15.0% against a 48.6% state average, and Geometry sits at 20.4% versus 43.3%. Chronic absenteeism also splits by building — 12.7% at the elementary, better than the district's 15.7%, versus 20.2% at the high school. Because free/reduced-lunch rates are not reported, poverty context is unavailable, and spending figures date to 2018–19. With roughly 40 students per grade, small year-to-year swings should be read as signals rather than verdicts. The 6th-to-7th grade transition is the key area to ask about.
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