Schools in Zip Code 43334

ZIP code 43334 in Marengo, Ohio is served by one district — Highland Local — and contains three public schools covering grades PK through 12: Highland Elementary School, Highland Middle School, and Highland High School, with no alternative schools. Combined enrollment is 1,693 students, led by Highland Elementary at 836 (49.4%), followed by Highland High at 468 and Highland Middle at 389. The district ranks 371 of 773 statewide — the 52nd percentile with 3 stars — but school-level performance varies.

Highland Elementary's clearest strength is English Language Arts: 4th grade ELA was 75.0% proficient versus 61.8% statewide, 5th grade 77.1% versus 70.4%, and 3rd grade 71.7% versus 63.4%. Math is mixed, with 5th grade below state at 51.9% versus 59.1%. Highland Middle posts the most striking figures in the group — Geometry EOC at 100% and Algebra I at 97.3% — though these likely reflect a small advanced cohort rather than whole-school averages; it also shows strong 8th grade science (73.1% vs. 61.2%) and 8th grade math (69.1% vs. 52.0%), while 7th grade math lags at 34.8%. Highland High is strongest in social studies and science (American History 88.9% vs. 73.2%; Biology 78.0% vs. 67.0%) with a 96.4% graduation rate, but its math scores trail the state: Algebra I 35.1% vs. 61.6% and Geometry 33.3% vs. 43.3%.

Chronic absenteeism rises with grade level: 12.7% at the elementary, 16.9% at the middle school, and 17.7% at the high school, with the two older schools above the district's 15.1%. Rank trends are steady for the elementary and middle schools, both around the 58th–60th percentile with 3 stars, while the high school slipped from 54th percentile and 3 stars in 2023–2024 to 46th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–2026. Notably, Highland Middle has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (40.36%) yet strong science and advanced math results, while Highland High has the lowest student-teacher ratio (13.7) and highest per-pupil spending ($8,479 in 2018–2019) but the weakest math. The clearest strengths are elementary ELA and high school social studies/science; the clearest concern is high school math.