Summary:
ZIP code 43968 covers the village of Wellsville in Columbiana County, Ohio, where three schools — all operated by Wellsville Local — serve roughly 655 students in a clean feeder pattern: Garfield Elementary School (PK–2), Daw Elementary School (3–6), and Wellsville Junior Senior High (7–12). There is no separately named middle school; grades 7–8 sit inside the junior/senior high.
Daw Elementary School is the standout. It is rated 2 stars in a 1-star district, has improved its statewide rank three years running (33rd to 39th percentile), posts the best attendance in the ZIP (19.9% chronically absent versus 25.8% district-wide), and is the only school here with test results above the state average — three of nine subjects, including 4th-grade math and ELA at 87.5% each. Wellsville Junior Senior High is the concern: it slipped from 2 stars to 1 star, has the highest absenteeism at 31.1% (about 1 in 3 students), and every one of its 10 tested subjects is below the state average, including 8th-grade math at 3.6%. Garfield Elementary School has no current state test results because its PK–2 grades are not tested, so it can't be compared on achievement.
The district's defining pattern is that performance relative to the state falls steadily as grade level rises: roughly +9.8 points above state in grades 3–4, −18.0 in grades 5–6, −29.8 in grades 7–8, and −15.0 across high school End-of-Course tests. Math is the weakest area almost everywhere, while English II, Biology, and American Government come closest to state norms. Attendance and achievement move together, and a 90.7% graduation rate sits in tension with the below-state proficiency picture — a question worth asking the district directly.
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