Summary:
Zip code 44004 in northeastern Ohio has two high schools, both serving grades 9–12 and enrolling about 1,280 students combined: the larger Lakeside High School (810 students) in Ashtabula Area City, and Edgewood High School (470 students) in Buckeye Local.
Edgewood is the stronger performer on nearly every measure. Its district rank is 350 of 773 (55th percentile, 3 stars) versus Lakeside's 694 of 773 (10th percentile, 1 star), and its latest school rank is 452 of 795 (43rd percentile, 2 stars) versus Lakeside's 701 of 795 (12th percentile, 1 star). Edgewood graduates 95.8% of its students, compared with Lakeside's 88.5%. Chronic absenteeism is lower at Edgewood — 43.4% versus Lakeside's 49.4% — but both figures are high, meaning more than two in five Edgewood students and nearly half of Lakeside students are chronically absent.
Test scores differ sharply as well. Edgewood exceeds the Ohio average in American Government, Biology and English II, and improved in four of six comparable subjects year over year. Lakeside is below the state average in every listed subject, with Geometry proficiency at 9.3% and Integrated Math I at 0%. Math is a weak spot at both schools: even Edgewood's Geometry score (35.4%) trails the state's 43.3%. Edgewood also has a much smaller student-teacher ratio (16.7 vs. 23.1) and spends slightly more per student ($8,778 vs. $8,539, from 2018–19). Free/reduced-lunch information is unknown for both schools, so family income comparisons cannot be made.
Thank you for your feedback!