Summary:
ZIP code 43821 contains exactly one elementary school: Dresden Elementary School, a K–6 building with 491 students in the Tri-Valley Local district in Dresden, Ohio. Because it is the only elementary school in this ZIP code, there is no local rival to compare it with; the meaningful comparisons are against its own district and against Ohio as a whole.
Dresden earned 4 stars in each of the last three rank years and sits at #446 of 1,560 Ohio schools in 2025–2026, the 71st percentile — a stable position, with #427 of 1,577 (73rd percentile) in 2023–2024 and #430 of 1,558 (72nd percentile) in 2024–2025. In both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 the school scored above the Ohio state average in every reported subject and grade, often by double digits. Its strongest margins came in 5th-grade math (83.1 versus 56.7 statewide in 2024–2025, and 78.3 versus 59.1 in 2025–2026), 6th-grade math (75.0 versus 51.9 in 2024–2025) and 5th-grade science (79.5 versus 62.7 in 2025–2026).
The key nuance is that Dresden generally scores below Tri-Valley Local averages, which reflect a high-performing district ranked #184 of 773 in Ohio with 4 stars. In 2024–2025 Dresden actually beat the district in Math 5, Math 6, ELA 4 and ELA 6, but in 2025–2026 it trailed the district on all nine reported tests; 6th grade was the relative soft spot that year, with Math 6 at 65.6 and ELA 6 at 62.5. Chronic absenteeism was 11.1% at the school versus 12.5% in the district, a relative strength. Enrollment is 491, the student-teacher ratio is 24.5, and 42.36% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The per-student spending figure of $7,580 dates to 2018–2019 and is too old to draw conclusions from.
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