Summary:
Zip code 44074 is home to 7 schools — two elementary, two middle, and three high schools — enrolling about 3,613 students across Firelands Local, Oberlin City Schools, and Lorain County JVS. Firelands Local accounts for roughly 46% of that enrollment, William R Burton alone for about 33%, and Oberlin City about 21%.
The clearest pattern is that Firelands schools outperform Oberlin schools at every level. Firelands Elementary School earned 4 stars and ranked in the 76th percentile, with the lowest chronic absenteeism in the group at 8.1% and proficiency above state averages in nearly every subject. Firelands Middle School also earned 4 stars and ranked in the 74th percentile, while Firelands High School earned 4 stars, ranked in the 75th percentile, and posted a 98.5% graduation rate. In Oberlin, Langston Middle School is the standout at 3 stars and the 63rd percentile, but Oberlin Elementary School (37th percentile) and Oberlin High School (39th percentile) are both rated 2 stars. District-wide, Firelands Local ranks in the 77th percentile with 4 stars, compared with the 42nd percentile and 2 stars for Oberlin City Schools.
Oberlin High's clearest weakness is math: 23.1% proficient in Geometry versus the state's 43.3%, and 52.8% in Algebra I. Its chronic absenteeism, 20.1%, is the highest in the group. Still, its 98.5% graduation rate matches Firelands High, and its government, history, and English results are at or above state averages. Per-student spending figures come from 2018–2019, with Oberlin High highest at $12,370 and Firelands Elementary lowest at $8,999 — historical data that shouldn't be read as a current picture. Notably, Firelands Elementary has the highest student-teacher ratio at 18.6 yet the strongest elementary results, and William R Burton, the largest school at 1,194 students, has no ranking or test data reported here.
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