Schools in Zip Code 44077

Zip code 44077 is home to 15 schools — 9 elementary, 2 middle, and 4 high schools — serving about 7,603 students across five districts and charters, with Riverside Local enrolling roughly 54% and Painesville City Local about 36%.

The area divides sharply by district performance. Riverside Local ranks in the 72nd percentile with 4 stars, while Painesville City Local sits at 17 percent with 1 star and Fairport Harbor Exempted Village at 21 percent with 1 star. The standout is iSTEM, ranked 91st percentile with 5 stars, posting 92.9% in American Government, 93.3% in American History, and 92.9% in Biology — all well above state — on the lowest reported spending, $5,084 per student. Among traditional elementaries, Parkside Elementary School leads with above-state proficiency in every reported subject, including 92.8% in ELA 5, and 9.3% chronic absenteeism versus the district's 24.4%. Buckeye Elementary School, Melridge Elementary School, and Riverview Elementary School also show strong math. Chestnut Elementary School is Painesville's bright spot with the lowest absenteeism in the set at 5.3%.

Graduation rates are high nearly everywhere — 96.9% at Harvey High School, 96.4% at Fairport Harding High School — yet proficiency at those schools is among the lowest, including Harvey's Algebra I at 27.8% and Geometry at 23.0%. Chronic absenteeism is the clearest divider: highest at Fairport Harding (41.9%), Lake Erie Bilingual Academy (41.0%), Riverside Junior/Senior High School (38.4%), and Harvey (36.7%). Note that Henry F Lamuth Middle School and Heritage Middle School report striking End-of-Course outliers — including 100% results — from likely small cohorts without published denominators, so interpret those cautiously.