Summary:
ZIP code 43402 is home to eight schools serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade — four elementary, two middle, and two high schools, with no alternative schools — split between Bowling Green City School District (2,439 students) and Otsego Local (1,637 students), for a total enrollment of 4,076.
Both districts earned 3 stars, with Otsego Local at 243 of 773 and Bowling Green City at 263 of 773, but individual schools vary far more than that. Conneaut Elementary School has the area's strongest elementary profile: 81st percentile, 4 stars, and the lowest chronic absenteeism at 5.8%, with Science 5 at 89.3 and ELA 5 at 87.5. Bowling Green Middle School is the top middle school at the 79th percentile and 4 stars, posting Geometry EOC 100 and Algebra I EOC 97.9; Otsego Junior High also reaches Algebra I EOC 95.5 but trails in Math 6 (53.7) and Math 7 (45.7). Otsego High School has the area's highest graduation rate, 98.4%, while Kenwood Elementary School mixes standout scores (Science 5 = 93.2, ELA 3 = 85.2) with below-state math. Crim Elementary School has the lowest profile: 34th percentile, 2 stars, and roughly 54.4 average proficiency.
Trends divide the group. Conneaut (77 to 81), Bowling Green Middle (69 to 79), and Otsego Elementary (58 to 67) are rising, while Crim (50 to 34), Kenwood (69 to 59), and Otsego Junior High (66 to 60) are declining. Chronic absenteeism ranges from 5.8% at Conneaut to 16.2% at Bowling Green High School. Free/reduced lunch is unknown for Otsego Junior High and Crim, so comparisons there remain incomplete.
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