Summary:
ZIP code 44131 covers Independence, Ohio, and contains exactly one high school: Independence High School, the only high school in the Independence Local district, serving grades 9–12 with about 305 students. That works out to roughly 76 students per grade, with a student–teacher ratio of 13.2 and a free/reduced-lunch rate of 12.13% — a comparatively low-poverty profile. Per-pupil spending is listed at $17,215, but that figure is from 2018–19 and is seven years older than every other metric in the file.
Academically, this is a consistent top-decile Ohio high school. It ranked 64th of 795 Ohio high schools in 2025–26 (92nd percentile, 5 stars), and it has held 5 stars in all three years on file, with ranks of 63rd, 48th, and 64th. The district ranks 44th of 773. Its average proficiency across the six End-of-Course subjects was 84.4% in 2025–26 against a state average of 63.2% — an edge of 21.2 points — and every subject beat the state by at least 17.7 points. The graduation rate is 100.0%.
The clearest soft spot is attendance: chronic absenteeism was 15.5% at the school versus 9.0% for the district, though the district figure blends younger grades. Math is the internal weak point — Algebra I (82.2%) and Geometry (68.7%) trail English, science and social studies, which all sit between 86.8% and 91.7%. Geometry is also where the school's margin over the state is largest (+25.4), because Ohio's own Geometry proficiency is just 43.3%. Also worth noting: in 2025–26 the school slipped in four of six subjects while the state improved in five, and the spread between its best and weakest subject widened from 18.1 to 23.0 points. With cohorts of only a few dozen students, single-year swings are noisy rather than clear trends.
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