Summary:
ZIP code 43837 is served by exactly one public school: Port Washington Elementary School, a K–5 building in Port Washington, Ohio, with 380 students, part of the Indian Valley Local district. Because this is the only school in the ZIP and it stops at grade 5, families feed into middle and high schools outside the area after fifth grade, so what follows covers only the elementary portion of a student's pathway. The district overall ranks in the 76th percentile of Ohio districts with 4 stars.
On achievement, this school is a strong performer. It ranked 208th of 1,560 Ohio elementary schools in 2025-26 — the 87th percentile — after sitting at the 93rd and 90th percentiles the two prior years, and in 2025-26 all seven of its reported test results beat both the district and the state averages. Subject averages were unusually even: math 84.2%, English language arts 82.3%, and science 85.9% (versus 62.7% statewide in 5th-grade science). Fourth grade was the standout, with 4th-grade math at 92.3% against a state figure of 67.3%. Chronic absenteeism is 7.1%, less than half the district's 13.3%, and the student–teacher ratio is 20.5.
Two caveats are worth knowing. First, results softened in 2025-26 — the composite average fell 4.2 points and the school slipped from 5 stars to 4 — but the drop traces almost entirely to 3rd-grade math (87.5 to 73.1) and 5th-grade ELA (96.0 to 80.3); the other five results were essentially flat, and the district declined too, though the state did not. Second, free/reduced-price lunch data is not reported, so economic context can't be established, and per-student spending of $10,700 is from 2018-19 and predates all other figures. Even so, the school's floor sits well above state averages.
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