Best Public Schools in Zip Code 44444

ZIP code 44444 covers Newton Falls, Ohio, and contains 4 public schools serving about 805 students in a single district, Newton Falls Exempted Village: Newton Falls Elementary School (K–3, 249 students), Newton Falls Middle School (grades 4–5, 119 students), Newton Falls Junior High School (grades 6–8, 192 students), and Newton Falls High School (grades 9–12, 245 students). The district overall ranks 591 of 773, in the 24th percentile with 1 star, but that single rating hides real differences between buildings.

The clearest bright spot is Newton Falls Elementary School, where 3rd-grade math (75.5%) and English language arts (72.2%) are both above the state (62.1% and 63.4%) and improved sharply from the prior year. Newton Falls Junior High School is a school of contrasts: Algebra I reached 100% proficiency versus 61.6% statewide and 6th-grade math (67.5%) beats the state (56.2%), yet 8th-grade science fell from 70.8% to 37.5%, far below the state's 61.2%, and 8th-grade math and ELA are also well below state. Newton Falls Middle School has the lowest chronic absenteeism (29.7%) and the highest per-student spending ($11,383, from 2018–2019), but every current tested subject there is below the state value, and its rank percentile slipped from 44% to 33%.

Newton Falls High School pairs a strong 93.8% graduation rate with the ZIP code's highest chronic absenteeism (48.3%) and no End of Course subject at or above the state, including Geometry at 23.8% versus 43.3%. Its rank fell from 54th percentile and 3 stars to 23rd percentile and 1 star. Absenteeism climbs steadily with grade level, from 29.7% at the Middle School to 48.3% at the High School, and only 4 of 21 current comparable test records beat the state, with 13 of 20 year-over-year records declining.