Best Public Schools in Zip Code 43945

ZIP code 43945, covering the Salineville area, has four schools serving about 926 students from prekindergarten through 12th grade, split between the Southern Local district and the Utica Shale Academy of Ohio district. There are two high schools, one elementary school, and one alternative school, with no standalone middle school — middle grades sit inside Southern Local Junior/Senior High School, which serves grades 6–12. Southern Local schools enroll roughly 790 of those 926 students, about 85% of the ZIP's total.

Both Southern Local schools rank in the lower-middle range of Ohio schools but hold 2 stars. Southern Local Junior/Senior High School (391 students) improved its state rank percentile from 23 to 32 and is strong in Geometry (55.2% proficient vs 43.3% statewide), Biology (68.2% vs 67.0%), and American History (73.2%, equal to the state). Its graduation rate is 98.4%, but chronic absenteeism is 31.0% — above the district's 22.3% — and middle-grade math and 8th Grade Science (30.6% vs 61.2% statewide) lag far behind. Southern Local Elementary School (389 students, PK–5) has lower absenteeism at 16.1% and beats the state in 5th Grade Science (70.2% vs 62.7%) and 3rd Grade ELA (65.6% vs 63.4%), yet its 4th grade results are weak: Math at 45.9% and ELA at 41.0%, both below district and state.

Utica Shale Academy of Ohio (136 students, grades 7–12) is among the lowest-ranked schools in Ohio, in the 2nd percentile with 0 stars. Its chronic absenteeism of 92.8% is the highest in the ZIP by far, its graduation rate is 85.7%, and its proficiency is far below state in every reported subject. Southern Online Academy, an alternative school with only 10 students in grades 3–12, reports 0.0% absenteeism and one English II result of 27.3%; with so few students these figures should not be treated as school-wide trends. Free/reduced lunch data is blank for all four schools, and spending figures exist only for 2018–19 at the two Southern Local schools, so poverty and resource comparisons are not possible.