Summary:
ZIP 43938 (Mingo Junction, Ohio) is served by three public schools — Hills Elementary School (PK–4, 377 students), Indian Creek Middle School Grades 5 & 6 (260 students), and Indian Creek Middle School Grades 7 & 8 (249 students) — all in the Indian Creek Local district, and none of them a high school, so the local public pipeline ends at 8th grade.
A single district rating covers all three schools and hides a wide spread. Hills Elementary School is the standout: four stars for three straight years, currently in the top ~16% of Ohio elementary schools, and proficient in roughly 83% of tested cells versus about 64% statewide — including 4th grade math at 95% and 93.9% in back-to-back years. By contrast, Indian Creek Middle School Grades 7 & 8 holds two stars, sits in the bottom ~38% of state middle schools, and trails the state in every subject, with one exception: Algebra I End-of-Course proficiency is 100% in both years, an accelerated, self-selected group that should not be read as reflecting the whole building. Indian Creek Middle School Grades 5 & 6 is the most volatile, averaging about 51% proficient against roughly 61% statewide, with swings as large as 26 points in a single subject year to year.
Two patterns stand out across the ZIP. First, achievement drops sharply after 4th grade — 4th grade math near 95% becomes 6th grade math at 20.8% and 7th grade math at 29.1%, though the middle buildings draw students from multiple elementary feeders. Second, chronic absenteeism rises with grade level (35.3% → 35.8% → 41.9%), peaking in the lowest-scoring, lowest-ranked building. Class sizes (17.1, 16.5, 15.1) and 2018-19 per-pupil spending ($7,606, $7,216, $7,156) differ only slightly, and poverty data is not reported for any of the three schools.
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