Summary:
ZIP code 44047 contains four schools — Jefferson Elementary (K–6), Jefferson Area Junior High School (7–8), Jefferson Area Senior High School (9–12), and Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus (6–12) — enrolling 1,965 students combined. Three belong to Jefferson Area Local, ranked 321 of 773 districts statewide (58th percentile, 3 stars); the career-technical campus belongs to Ashtabula County Technical and Career Center.
Jefferson Area Senior High School is the academic standout, ranked 224 of 795 (72nd percentile, 4 stars) with a 97.9% graduation rate and above-state results in every reported End-of-Course subject, including English II (78.5 vs 62.7 statewide) and American History (87.9 vs 73.2). Its clearest concern is chronic absenteeism of 30.3%, well above the district's 21.2% and the elementary school's 17.7%. Jefferson Elementary, at 59th percentile and 3 stars, is above state in every reported ELA grade and posts a standout 4th-grade math result of 82.1% proficient versus 67.3% statewide. Jefferson Area Junior High, at 56th percentile and 3 stars, is more uneven: 7th- and 8th-grade math trail the state, while Algebra I proficiency is 100% in both years — likely a select advanced cohort.
The Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus is the staffing outlier, with 599 students and the lowest student-teacher ratio in the ZIP code at 11.3, but it reports no test scores, rank, graduation rate, absenteeism, or free/reduced lunch figure, so it cannot be compared academically on this data. Among the three Jefferson Area Local schools, free/reduced lunch is similar at roughly 53–56%, and chronic absenteeism rises sharply at the secondary level. Overall, the area offers strong senior-high outcomes and elementary literacy, while below-state junior-high general math and high senior-high absenteeism are the main items to watch.
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