Best Public Schools in Zip Code 44044

ZIP code 44044 is served entirely by Midview Local in Ohio and has five schools — two elementary, two middle, and one high school — serving grades K–12 with 2,496 students. The district is ranked 245th of 773 Ohio districts, 68th percentile, 3 stars, but school-level results vary more than that single rating suggests. The largest school is Midview High School with 727 students, followed by Midview North Elementary School with 517.

Midview Middle School is the academic standout, improving to 4 stars and 75th percentile in 2025–26, with all seven reported tests above the Ohio state average and notable gains in Math 8 (+18.1 points) and ELA 7 (+9.1 points); its Geometry and Algebra I EOC scores of 100% likely reflect small or advanced cohorts. Midview High School has a 95.3% graduation rate and remains above state in American Government, American History, Biology, English II, and Algebra I, but Geometry is below state (42.0% vs 43.3%), chronic absenteeism is the highest in the group at 21.4%, and its rank fell from 77th percentile/4 stars in 2023–24 to 59th percentile/3 stars in 2025–26. Across the four tested schools, 21 of 23 reported tests were above state; the only exceptions were Midview High Geometry and Midview East Intermediate School Science 5 (60.0% vs 62.7%).

Midview West Elementary School pairs the highest FRL rate (53.85%) with the lowest chronic absenteeism (11.8%) and all four 2025–26 tested subjects above state. Midview East Intermediate School has exceptional 7th-grade math (100% vs state 48.6%) and a two-year pattern of 97.8% in 2024–25, but also the highest student-teacher ratio at 19.1. Midview North Elementary School serves K–2, so it has no state test scores in this extract; it has 517 students, 15.9% chronic absenteeism, and the highest per-student spending at $10,345 from 2018–19. Overall, the district has solid above-state performance in many grades, a rising middle school, a high school with strong graduation but attendance and rank concerns, and elementary results where poverty and attendance do not follow a simple pattern.