Best Public Schools in Zip Code 43901

ZIP code 43901, which covers Adena, Ohio, contains exactly one public school — Buckeye West Elementary School — serving grades PK–5 with 172 students, and no middle or high school, so older students must attend school outside the immediate area; it is part of the Buckeye Local district.

Buckeye West's clearest strength is 3rd grade reading: 80% of students were proficient in both 2024–25 and 2025–26, which was 16.6 points above the state in the most recent year. Fifth grade math made a dramatic jump, rising from 40.9% to 69.2%, and 5th grade reading improved from 59.1% to 69.2%. Chronic absenteeism, at 27.0%, is 12.5 percentage points lower than the district's 39.5%. The school's statewide rank has also crept up, from the 36th percentile two years ago to the 42nd percentile now. Even so, it still carries a 2-star rating and sits below the statewide median.

There are real weak spots as well. Fifth grade science dropped from 54.5% to 38.5%, which is 24.2 points below the state and the school's lowest reported 2025–26 result. Fourth grade declined in both subjects — reading from 50% to 45% and math from 56.3% to 45% — leaving both below district and state averages. Averaged across all reported tests, the school's 59.3% proficiency trails the district's 62.5% and the state's 63.8%. Because enrollment is only 172 students, one-year swings can reflect a small class cohort, so a single change is worth monitoring rather than reacting to immediately. Finally, the free/reduced lunch figure is blank in this record and spending data is from 2018–19, so current poverty and funding context cannot be evaluated from this extract.