Summary:
ZIP code 44055 in Lorain, Ohio contains 7 schools serving roughly 2,134 students: five elementary schools (about 1,602 students), one middle school (423 students), and one high school (109 students), spread across three districts — Clearview Local, Lorain City, and Lorain Preparatory High School. All three districts rank in the lower portion of Ohio districts, with Lorain City at the 5th percentile and Lorain Preparatory at the 0th percentile.
Among the bright spots, Vincent Elementary School has the highest 2025–26 school rank percentile in the ZIP at the 30th percentile, the lowest chronic absenteeism at 31.1%, and a 3rd-grade ELA proficiency of 63.3%, essentially matching the state's 63.4%. Helen Steiner Rice Elementary School is the strongest Lorain City school here at the 20th percentile — the only Lorain City school with a 1-star rating — and posts the top elementary math result in the ZIP at 53.3% for 3rd grade, with absenteeism of 35.2% versus the district's 56.5%. Southview Middle School shows a striking exception: 88.0% Algebra I proficiency versus 28.4% district and 61.6% state, even though its overall rank is only the 8th percentile and 7th-grade math sits at 1.0%.
The most urgent concerns are Lorain Preparatory High School, ranked 794 of 795 with 80.4% chronic absenteeism and a 70.6% graduation rate, and elementaries Garfield Elementary School (2nd percentile, 52.5% absenteeism) and Palm Elementary School (3rd percentile, 49.8% absenteeism). The ZIP's weighted chronic absenteeism averages about 44%. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for every school and spending figures date to 2018–2019, so poverty comparisons are not possible.
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