Summary:
ZIP code 43412, covering the Curtice area of Ohio, has just one school — Jerusalem Elementary School, a K–4 building of 423 students in the Oregon City district — so there are no local peers to compare it against.
Jerusalem Elementary is a strong performer by almost every measure. All eight of its reported test results across 2024-25 and 2025-26 came in above the Ohio average. In 2025-26, fourth-grade English Language Arts proficiency was 84.7% (district 74.7%, state 61.8%) and fourth-grade math was 87.2% (district 78%, state 67.3%) — roughly 20 points above the state in both cases. Third grade was solid but closer to the pack: 70% in ELA and 65.8% in math, the only result that trails the district's 68.8%. Statewide, the school ranked in the 70th percentile with 4 stars in 2025-26, after an 80th-percentile, 4-star year in 2024-25. That places it in the top 30% of ranked Ohio schools, at or above the standing of its own district.
Chronic absenteeism is 9.6%, compared with 19.6% for the district — less than half the rate, which is notable given that about 34.75% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student-teacher ratio is 18.3, implying roughly 23 teachers for 423 students. One caveat: the only spending figure available dates to 2018-19 ($12,020 per pupil), so it says little about current resources. The key thing to watch is the weaker incoming third-grade cohort, which becomes the tested fourth grade next year.
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