Best High Schools in Zip Code 44050

ZIP code 44050 covers Lagrange in Lorain County, Ohio, and contains exactly one high school: Keystone High School, the only high school in the Keystone Local district. It serves grades 9–12 with 392 students, roughly 98 per grade, a 16.3-to-1 student-teacher ratio, and a 39.03% free/reduced-lunch rate in 2024-25. Because there is just one school here, the useful comparisons are how it has changed over time and how it stacks up against the state.

The school's trajectory is strong and steady. It ranked 162nd of 795 Ohio high schools in 2025-26 — the 80th percentile, or 4 stars — up from 279th (68th percentile, 3 stars) three years earlier, and it has earned 4 stars two years running. Its 2025-26 graduation rate is 96.5%. Across the six tested subjects, proficiency averaged 78.2%, about 15 points above Ohio's 63.2%, and that margin grew from roughly 11 points the year before. Biology (87.6%), American History (89.0%) and English II (81.2%) are the strongest results, and gains in Biology (+14.1), English II (+10.4) and Geometry (+8.5) far outpaced the state's movement. Notably, the school now ranks well above its own district's standing (68th percentile, 3 stars).

Two weak points deserve attention. Geometry is the persistent floor at 57.7% proficiency — still 14.4 points above the state, but the only subject under 70%. More concerning, 24.9% of students are chronically absent, nearly 1 in 4, compared with 14.2% district-wide. That gap sits oddly alongside the high graduation and test results, and is the area most likely to limit future progress. Also watch American Government, which fell 11.1 points to 75.7% — the only subject to decline, and a large enough one-year drop that a second year of data is needed before calling it a trend.