Summary:
ZIP code 43783 covers the Somerset, Ohio area and contains exactly one public school: Somerset Elementary School, a K–5 campus with 264 students in the Northern Local district. Because there is only one school in this ZIP code, there are no local peers to compare it against, so the most useful benchmarks are its own district and the state of Ohio.
The academic picture is mixed. Northern Local ranks well above average among Ohio districts (280th of 773, 3 stars), while Somerset Elementary School ranks below the middle of the pack among schools (956th of 1,560, 2 stars). In math, the school sits essentially at the state line — 61.9% average proficiency versus 62.8% statewide. English Language Arts is the clear weak spot: 52.2% versus 65.2% statewide, with 5th grade ELA at 51.2% against a 70.4% state mark. Fifth-grade science is the standout strength at 67.4% versus 62.7% statewide, and it is the only subject that beat the state in both years of available data. Notably, the school trails its own district in every subject and grade measured, by an average of about 12.6 points.
Attendance is a relative bright spot: 16.0% of students are chronically absent, compared with 19.5% across the district. Parents should read single-year score changes with caution — each grade tests roughly 40 students, so one student is worth about 2.3 percentage points, and each year's grade is a different group of children. The school's state ranking slipped from the 46th percentile to the 39th, and third-grade results dropped on both tests, the pattern most worth watching. Finally, some context is missing: free/reduced-lunch status is not reported, and the per-student spending figure of $9,886 dates to 2018-19.
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