Summary:
ZIP code 44408 in Columbiana, Ohio, is home to six public schools — two elementary, two middle, and two high schools serving grades PK through 12 — split between the Columbiana Exempted Village district (971 students) and the Crestview Local district (1,136 students), for a combined enrollment of 2,107. No school here is failing: every one beats the Ohio average in nearly every tested subject.
South Side Middle School is the clear academic leader — 96th percentile statewide with a 5-star rating, posting 98.5% fifth-grade ELA and 98.4% sixth-grade math, and averaging +30.2 points above the state. Columbiana High School is the ZIP's top high school (88th percentile) and beat Crestview High School in all six End-of-Course subjects (Biology 88.5% vs. 79.2%; Algebra I 80.0% vs. 68.7%). Crestview Middle School is improving, now at the 80th percentile. Joshua Dixon Elementary School remains the stronger of the two elementaries (78.4% average proficiency, 89.1% fourth-grade math) but slid from the 88th to the 73rd percentile. Crestview Elementary School is the only school here with a falling star rating (4 stars to 3 stars) and a three-year rank decline.
Absenteeism and poverty do not line up neatly with results. South Side Middle School has the lowest chronic absenteeism (9.3%) and the largest classes (22.2 students per teacher), yet the best outcomes. Crestview High School pairs a 100% graduation rate with the ZIP's highest absenteeism (25.7%), about one in four students. Crestview Elementary School has the highest poverty rate (50.72% free/reduced lunch) but still tops the state in all four tested subjects. Weak spots: fifth-grade science at Crestview Middle School (53.7%, the only below-state result in the ZIP) and Geometry at both high schools.
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