Summary:
ZIP code 44126 is served by the Fairview Park City school district in Ohio, which runs three public schools covering kindergarten through 12th grade: Gilles-Sweet Elementary School (K–5, 624 students), Lewis F Mayer Middle School (6–8, 314 students), and Fairview High School (9–12, 484 students) — 1,422 students combined. The district ranks 157th of 773 Ohio districts (80th percentile) and holds a 4-star rating, as do all three individual schools.
Each school has its own strength. Gilles-Sweet stands out for attendance, with a 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism rate of 5.8%, less than half the district's 12.2%, and for reading: 5th grade ELA was 87.1% proficient versus 70.4% statewide. Lewis F Mayer posts the strongest single result in the ZIP code — 97.6% proficiency in Algebra I (state: 61.6%), and 100% the prior year — and has the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.2) and the lowest per-student spending on record ($10,269 in 2018–2019). Fairview High reports a 91.3% graduation rate and above-state scores in Biology (85.3% vs. 67.0%), American History (83.8% vs. 73.2%), and American Government (83.0% vs. 71.6%).
A few patterns are worth watching. Chronic absenteeism climbs with grade level — 5.8% at the elementary, 14.2% at the middle, and 20.3% at the high school — so the middle and high schools sit above the district average. High school math is the clearest weakness: Algebra I was 61.8%, essentially tied with the state and 13.7 points below the district, and Geometry (59.1%) also trailed the district. Scores also softened from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 in many grades, matching a dip in rank percentiles. Free and reduced lunch rates are similar across the schools (roughly 23–26%), so the differences in results are not explained by sharply different levels of economic disadvantage.
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