Summary:
ZIP code 43950 contains four schools: one elementary (PK–4), one middle (5–8), and two high schools (9–12 and 7–12), with a combined enrollment of 1,963 students. Three schools belong to the St Clairsville-Richland City district, which is ranked 161 of 773 Ohio districts (79th percentile, 4 stars). The fourth school, Belmont Career Center, is in the Belmont-Harrison district, which has no district rank shown here.
St Clairsville Middle School is the academic standout: it ranks 111 of 1,046 (89th percentile, 4 stars) and posts 100% proficiency in Algebra I, 79.8% in 8th grade math, 76.3% in 7th grade math, and 83.1% in 8th grade ELA. St Clairsville Elementary School (80th percentile, 4 stars) has strong ELA (85.2% in 3rd grade, 79% in 4th grade) and the lowest chronic absenteeism at 10.7%. St Clairsville High School has a 98.3% graduation rate and strong English II (80.1%), American History (79.7%), and Biology (75%), but its rank dropped to 61st percentile (3 stars), Geometry is weakest at 51.5%, and absenteeism is 22.5%. Belmont Career Center has the lowest student-teacher ratio (9.5) and highest free/reduced lunch (68.6%), but no test, rank, absenteeism, or spending data.
Chronic absenteeism rises from 10.7% at the elementary to 19.0% at the middle to 22.5% at the high school, versus a district rate of 16.8%; only the elementary is below the district. The middle school outperforms the elementary despite higher poverty (56.34% vs. 37.84% free/reduced lunch). The high school is below the district’s overall rank, and its Algebra I rate (72.4%) is below the district’s 77.9% but above the state’s 61.6%. The middle school’s 100% Algebra I likely reflects a select advanced group, so it is not directly comparable to the high school’s broader Algebra I results.
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