Best Public Schools in Zip Code 44022

ZIP code 44022 covers Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and contains four public schools serving grades PK through 12 — all in one district, Chagrin Falls Exempted Village, which ranks #8 of 773 Ohio districts (99th percentile, 5 stars). Total enrollment is 1,665 students: Chagrin Falls High School (grades 9–12, 575 students), Gurney Elementary School (PK–3, 478), Chagrin Falls Intermediate Elementary School (4–6, 388), and Chagrin Falls Middle School (7–8, 224). There are no alternative schools in the listing.

Every school performs well above the state average. Chagrin Falls High School is the flagship, ranked #3 of 855 in 2024‑25 and #4 of 795 in 2025‑26, with a 97.5% four‑year graduation rate and 100% proficiency in American Government. Chagrin Falls Middle School was #2 of 1,036 in 2024‑25 and #2 of 1,046 in 2023‑24 before slipping to #21 of 1,046 in 2025‑26 — still top 2% in Ohio, but the one clear downward mover. Gurney Elementary School posts the best single elementary result, 99% proficient in 3rd‑grade Mathematics (state: 62.1%), and the lowest chronic absenteeism at 4.7%. Chagrin Falls Intermediate Elementary School shows the strongest trajectory, with 5th‑grade math up 6.5 points and 6th‑grade math up 10.0 points.

Across 2025‑26, all 23 reported assessments beat their state benchmarks by an average of roughly 34 percentage points. The clearest soft spot is attendance at the high school: 16.8% chronic absenteeism, versus 4.7% at Gurney, 6.1% at the Intermediate, and 9.2% at the Middle School, and above the 9.8% district figure it largely creates. Poverty is low (free/reduced lunch 5.8%–10.26%), and student–teacher ratios are tight (11.6–14.9).