Summary:
Zip code 44092 is served by two schools, both in the Wickliffe City district: Wickliffe Lower School, an elementary serving grades PK–6 with 642 students, and Wickliffe Upper School, which serves grades 7–12 with 586 students. Combined enrollment is 1,228. There is no standalone middle school, so grades 7 and 8 are housed inside the Upper School. The district is rated 2 stars and ranks 521 of 773 in Ohio, about the 33rd percentile; both schools also carry 2 stars.
Each school stands out in different ways. Wickliffe Lower School is strong in the early grades: 4th-grade math proficiency is 83.3% against Ohio's 67.3%, and 3rd-grade math is 74.5% against 62.1%. Its 3rd- and 4th-grade English language arts scores also top the state, and its school rank percentile improved from 36 in 2023–24 to 46 in 2025–26. Wickliffe Upper School shines in graduation and social studies, with a 99.1% graduation rate and American Government proficiency of 84.5% versus the state's 71.6%. Biology, English II, and American History are also above state averages.
The main concerns are math and attendance. At the Upper School, 8th-grade math is 24.6% versus Ohio's 52.0%, 7th-grade math is 27.2% versus 48.6%, and Geometry (33.3%) and Algebra I (54.3%) trail the state — a math weakness spanning grades 7–12. At the Lower School, 5th grade dips sharply: math 34.1% versus 59.1%, science 47.7% versus 62.7%, and ELA 58.1% versus 70.4%. Chronic absenteeism differs widely: 24.0% at Lower, better than the district's 30.5%, versus 38.1% at Upper. Free/reduced lunch (49.84% vs. 55.46%), spending ($12,518 vs. $12,703), and student-teacher ratios (23.7 vs. 18.9) are similar, so these broad resources do not explain the different outcomes.
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