Summary:
ZIP code 43553 covers Pettisville, Ohio, and contains two public schools, both in the Pettisville Local district: Pettisville Elementary School, serving grades K–6 with 259 students, and Pettisville High School, serving grades 7–12 with 208 students. Total enrollment is 467, and there is no standalone middle school, since the high school covers grades 7 through 12. The district is ranked 90 of 773 in Ohio, placing it in the 88th percentile with 4 stars.
Both schools perform well above state averages, but their trajectories differ. The elementary school is remarkably consistent, holding in the 85th–86th percentile with 4 stars for three straight years, and in 2025–2026 every reported test was above the state average — fifth-grade mathematics reached 94.4% proficient versus 59.1% statewide. The high school is equally strong at its best but more volatile: it reached the 94th percentile with 5 stars in 2023–2024, dipped to the 73rd percentile in 2024–2025, then rebounded to the 85th percentile with 4 stars in 2025–2026. Its 2025–2026 graduation rate is 97.4%, and 10 of 11 reported tests beat the state, with Biology, ELA 7, American History, English II and American Government all at or near 90%. Geometry, at 41.4% proficient, was the only below-state result.
Attendance is the clearest contrast between the two: elementary chronic absenteeism is 2.0%, below the district's 4.1%, while the high school's is 7.0% — a watch item despite its strong graduation rate. The high school reports 58.17% free/reduced lunch, while the elementary figure is not reported, and it has a lower student-teacher ratio of 12.3 versus 17.9, with historical 2018–2019 per-student spending of $9,918 versus $8,819.
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