Best High Schools in Zip Code 43713

ZIP code 43713 has one listed public high school, Barnesville High School, which serves grades 9–12 with 385 students in the Barnesville Exempted Village district. The school’s 2025–2026 graduation rate is 96.8%, matching the district, and its chronic absenteeism rate is 35.8%, compared with 26.3% for the district. In 2025–2026, Barnesville High ranked 409 out of 795 schools, placing it in the 49th percentile with 2 stars. The district ranked higher overall: 282 out of 773, in the 64th percentile with 3 stars, though district rankings can include elementary and middle school performance. The high school’s rank history shows 47th percentile in 2024–2025 and 52nd percentile with 3 stars in 2023–2024.

Test results show clear strengths in history, government, biology, and Algebra I. American History is the strongest subject at 83% proficient, well above Ohio’s 73.2%. American Government is 78.1% proficient versus 71.6% statewide, Biology is 70.4% versus 67%, and Algebra I is 69.1% versus 61.6%, up sharply from 56.7% the prior year. Geometry remains the weakest subject at 35.4% proficient, below Ohio’s 43.3%, but it improved from 28%. English II is 61.2%, slightly below Ohio’s 62.7% and down from 63.8%. For most subjects, school and district proficiency rates are identical; in Geometry and Algebra I, the district is slightly higher, possibly because district results include middle school students taking those End-of-Course exams.

For parents, the main takeaway is that this school has strong graduation outcomes and above-state performance in history, government, biology, and Algebra I. Geometry is a clear academic weakness, though it is improving, and English II has slipped below the state and declined year over year. The school’s chronic absenteeism rate is notably higher than the district’s, which may be worth watching even though graduation rates remain high. Contextual data is limited: free/reduced lunch information is not reported, per-student spending is available only for 2018–2019 at $10,450, and the student-teacher ratio is 20.7 for 2024–2025.