Best Public Schools in Zip Code 43935

ZIP code 43935 covers Martins Ferry, Ohio, where three public schools serve students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in the Martins Ferry City district: Anna Marie Ayers Elementary School (PK–4, 492 students), Martins Ferry Middle School (5–8, 434 students), and Martins Ferry High School (9–12, 343 students). Total enrollment is 1,269. The district overall rates 2 stars at the 41st percentile, but school-level results differ sharply — from the 56th percentile at the elementary school to the 31st percentile at the high school — so comparing percentiles is more useful than comparing raw ranks, which are drawn from different pools of schools.

Anna Marie Ayers Elementary School has the strongest profile, at the 56th percentile with 3 stars. Third grade is a bright spot: 77.5% proficient in math and 74.6% in English language arts, both above state averages, though 4th grade ELA lags at 56.7% vs 61.8% statewide. Its chronic absenteeism, 27.1%, is the highest of the three schools. Martins Ferry Middle School improved to the 50th percentile and 3 stars, and has the best attendance at 20.8%. It outperforms the state in 5th and 8th grade science, 7th grade math and ELA, and Algebra I (83.3% vs 61.6%). The glaring exception is 8th grade math, where only 11.1% were proficient against 52.0% statewide — down from 33.7% the prior year and the most extreme weakness in the data.

Martins Ferry High School trails at the 31st percentile with 2 stars, despite a 93.5% graduation rate, a low student-teacher ratio of 11.8, and strengths in American History (84.3% vs 73.2%) and Algebra I (66.7% vs 61.6%). Its weak spots are English II (48.6% vs 62.7%), Geometry (34.1% vs 43.3%), Biology (57.7% vs 67.0%), and American Government (63.2% vs 71.6%). Note that the middle school's free/reduced lunch rate is not provided, so that comparison is incomplete across the three schools.