Summary:
Zip code 44039 is served by the North Ridgeville City district, which covers five schools — two elementary, two middle and one high school — with a combined reported enrollment of about 4,486 students. The district ranks 136th of 773 Ohio districts, the 82nd percentile, and holds 4 stars. Enrollment is very uneven: North Ridgeville Academic Center (grades 3–8) enrolls 1,855 students, about 41% of the zip, while Ranger High Technical Academy (also grades 3–8) is the smallest at 259 students.
Ranger High Technical Academy is the clear standout. It earned 5 stars in each of the last three rank years, placing 96th, 99th and 97th percentile statewide, and it has the lowest chronic absenteeism (8.5%), lowest free/reduced lunch rate (14.67%) and lowest student-teacher ratio (14.3) in the zip. Its reported 2025–26 proficiency rates include Science 8 at 95.6%, ELA 8 at 93.3%, Math 8 at 93.0% and Algebra I at 100%. By contrast, North Ridgeville Academic Center posts strong advanced-math results (Algebra I 100%, Geometry 96.6%), but its grade-level scores often fall below the district average, and its rank history swings between the 65th and 74th percentile.
North Ridgeville High School is a solid 4-star school with a 96.2% graduation rate and strong American History (90.6%) and Government (88.3%) results, but Geometry sits at 51.5% and chronic absenteeism is 20.9% — the highest in the zip and more than double Ranger's rate. Liberty Elementary School (grades 1–2) and North Ridgeville Early Childhood Learning Community (PK–K) have no current test-score data because of the grades they serve; their absence rates are low at 9.6% and 10.5%, though Liberty's available rank history dates from 2010–2013 and is too old to compare with today's rankings.
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