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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 43724


At a glance
2
Schools
748
Students
Top rankedCaldwell Elementary School808th of 1,560 Ohio elementary schools
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Biggest riser
Caldwell Elementary School up 77 spots statewide this year
Summary:

ZIP code 43724 covers Caldwell, Ohio, and has 2 public schools in the Caldwell Exempted Village district: Caldwell Elementary School (PK–8, 511 students) and Caldwell High School (9–12, 237 students), serving 748 students total. The district ranks 554 of 773 in Ohio (28th percentile, 1 star). Free/reduced-lunch data are not reported, and spending figures are from 2018–2019.

Caldwell Elementary School stands out for improvement: its rank percentile rose from 37 to 43 to 48 over three years, with 2 stars each year. It has above-state results in Algebra I EOC (78.6% vs 61.6%), 4th-grade math (73.3% vs 67.3%), 5th-grade math (63.5% vs 59.1%), 5th-grade science (67.3% vs 62.7%), and 6th-grade ELA (58.9% vs 56.0%). But middle grades are weak: 7th-grade math is 2.2% vs 48.6% state, and 8th-grade ELA is 41.0% vs 58.3%. Caldwell High School has a strong 98.4% graduation rate but ranks 603 of 795 (24th percentile, 1 star), down from 31st percentile and 2 stars. Its Geometry scores are 16.8% and 16.3% in the last two years, about 26 points below state. American History improved from 56.6% to 72.3%.

Chronic absenteeism is moderate: 13.4% at Caldwell Elementary School vs 13.8% district, and 14.6% at Caldwell High School. Student-teacher ratios are similar (13.2 and 13.5). Per-student spending is $9,666 at the elementary and $11,642 at the high school. Notably, Algebra I shows a split: elementary 78.6% vs high school 58.0% in 2025–2026, and 92.3% vs 62.1% the prior year, likely because advanced middle-schoolers take Algebra I early. Overall, the elementary is improving with some strong grades but severe middle-grade gaps, while the high school has an excellent graduation rate but low proficiency, especially in Geometry.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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