Summary:
ZIP code 44094 covers nine schools — three elementary, three middle, and three high schools — serving roughly 4,210 students in a suburban area split between two districts: Willoughby-Eastlake City, which ranks 416 of 773 districts (2 stars) and contains six of the schools, and Kirtland Local, which ranks 35 of 773 (5 stars) and contains three.
The standout is School of Innovation, which sits inside the lower-ranked Willoughby-Eastlake district yet ranks 23rd of 1,046 middle schools (98th percentile, 5 stars), with proficiency near or at 100% in several tests and chronic absenteeism of 9.4%. The Kirtland Elementary School, Kirtland Middle School, and Kirtland High School are consistent too, all at or above the 91st percentile in 2025–2026, with Kirtland High posting a 100% graduation rate and Kirtland Elementary and Middle keeping absenteeism under 8%. One gap: Kirtland High's chronic absenteeism of 21.1% is well above its district's 11.5%.
The remaining Willoughby-Eastlake schools trail. South High School, the largest school at 995 students, does well in American Government (84%), American History (83%), and Biology (71.8%), but English II (51.4%) and Algebra I (54.6%) fall below district and state averages. Willoughby Middle School has the ZIP's highest absenteeism (30.6%) and lowest average proficiency (about 51.7%), though its Geometry proficiency of 73.7% far exceeds district and state. Edison Elementary School and Grant Elementary School average about 60% and 58.7% proficiency, but their absenteeism (18.6% and 17.1%) is lower than the district's 24.2%. Northern Career Institute has almost no performance data reported.
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