Summary:
Zip code 43713 covers Barnesville, Ohio, and is served by three public schools — Barnesville Elementary School (PK–4, 516 students), Barnesville Middle School (5–8, 418 students), and Barnesville High School (9–12, 385 students) — all in the Barnesville Exempted Village district, which ranks 282 of 773 Ohio districts at the 64th percentile with 3 stars.
That district-level summary hides real differences between the schools. Barnesville Elementary School and Barnesville Middle School both sit near the top 30% of Ohio schools, while Barnesville High School is at the 49th percentile with 2 stars. The elementary school has the highest rank (70th percentile, 3 stars), all four of its listed 2025–2026 tests above state — including 3rd grade math at 77.0% vs 62.1% — and the lowest chronic absenteeism at 19.1%. The middle school is the strongest academic performer and is trending upward, rising from the 55th to the 69th percentile over three years. Its largest advantages are 8th grade math (79.8% vs 52.0%), 5th grade science (84.8% vs 62.7%), and 8th grade science (82.2% vs 61.2%). Its one weak spot is 7th grade ELA, at 61.8% vs 62.7%.
The high school is a mixed story. Its 96.8% graduation rate is a clear strength, and it beats the state in American History, American Government, Biology, and Algebra I. But it has the lowest rank, the highest chronic absenteeism at 35.8%, and below-state results in Geometry (35.4% vs 43.3%) and English II (61.2% vs 62.7%). Across the 20 listed 2025–2026 tests, 17 were above state. Free/reduced-lunch figures are unavailable for all three schools, and per-student spending data dates to 2018–2019, so neither should be read as current context. One pattern to watch: chronic absenteeism climbs steadily by grade level, from 19.1% to 26.1% to 35.8%.
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