Summary:
ZIP code 43502 covers Archbold, Ohio, and contains two high schools enrolling a combined 1,233 students: Four County Career Center, which spans grades 6–12 with 907 students, and Archbold High School, a traditional 9–12 school with 326 students. They belong to separate districts — Four County Career Center and Archbold-Area Local — and they serve different populations and purposes, so they are not directly comparable. Where numbers are missing, treat them as unknown rather than as a weakness.
Four County Career Center stands out for scale and student need rather than academics. It is about 2.8 times larger than Archbold, serves a wider grade span (6–12), has the higher free/reduced-lunch rate (56.12% vs. 34.97%), and the lower student/teacher ratio (11.3 vs. 20.5). However, this data file reports no test scores, graduation rate, chronic absenteeism, rank, or spending for it, so its academic performance cannot be evaluated here and it should not be judged on this file alone.
Archbold High School is the clear academic standout, beating Ohio averages in all six reported End-of-Course subjects in both 2025–26 and 2024–25. Highlights include Biology at 91.8% proficient vs. 67.0% statewide, English II at 84.7% vs. 62.7%, and Geometry at 62.4% vs. 43.3%. Its simple six-subject average is about 81.2% against a state average of about 63.2%. It ranks 115th of 795 schools (86th percentile, 4 stars), down slightly from 5 stars/92nd percentile in 2023–24, with a 92.6% graduation rate and 6.5% chronic absenteeism. Spending is listed at $10,026 per student, but from 2018–19.
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