Summary:
ZIP code 44272 is served by one high school: Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School, a grades 9–12 campus with 282 students in Rootstown, Ohio, operating within the Rootstown Local district.
The school's strongest results are in science and social studies. In 2025–2026, Biology proficiency was 87.5%, which is 20.5 points above the state, and American History was 87.7%, 14.5 points above the state and exactly matching the district. English II also came in above the state at 69.6% versus 62.7%. Overall, the school outperformed the state in 5 of 6 reported end-of-course exams in 2025–2026, and in all 6 the year before. Graduation is another clear bright spot at 97.8%, essentially level with the district's 98.0%.
Math is the area to watch. Algebra I proficiency was 46.9%, which is 14.7 points below the state and 11.6 points below the district, and it dropped 15.8 points from the prior year. Geometry, at 46.0%, was above the state but slightly behind the district. Chronic absenteeism is also high: 24.2% of students are chronically absent, compared with 18.5% district-wide — nearly 1 in 4 students. The school's state ranking moved from 70th percentile with 4 stars in 2024–2025 down to 54th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026, still above the median. For context, 31.21% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch and the student–teacher ratio is 14.1. The wide spread in subject scores, from 46.0 in Geometry to 87.7 in American History, shows performance varies a great deal by department.
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