Best Public Schools in Zip Code 44471

ZIP code 44471 covers Struthers, Ohio, and is served by three public schools — Struthers Elementary School (PK–4), Struthers Middle School (5–8), and Struthers High School (9–12) — all operated by Struthers City, a district rated 1 star and ranked 561st of 773 Ohio districts. Because each grade band has exactly one building, families here are really choosing a grade band rather than choosing among schools.

Comparing the three, the middle school is the most balanced performer, with the ZIP's highest rank percentile (40th) and nine of ten subject scores within roughly 2–18 points of the state. Its Algebra I result — 96.3% proficient against 61.6% statewide — is the best figure anywhere in this data, though it reflects a small, selected advanced cohort. The high school shows the strongest individual subject results, with American History at 81.7% (+8.5 vs. state) and Government at 72.7% (+1.1), plus a 96.6% graduation rate, but it also carries the lowest rank percentile (33rd) and the highest chronic absenteeism (44.0%). The elementary is the weakest relative performer: it is the only school rated 1 star, its rank percentile has fallen each of the last three years (39 → 33 → 29), and its 3rd grade results show the largest gaps in the data (ELA 42.9% vs. 63.4% state; math 45.2% vs. 62.1%). Its 4th grade scores sit much closer to state averages.

A few patterns are worth knowing. Absenteeism climbs steadily by grade level — 24.5% at the elementary, 32.2% at the middle, 44.0% at the high school — so nearly half of high schoolers are chronically absent even as the school graduates 96.6% of its cohort. Social studies is the district's clear strength; every science result falls short of the state, including Biology at 54.6% (−12.4) and 8th grade Science at 42.9% (−18.3). Across all 21 school-level test results, only three beat the state average, with an average gap of roughly −6 points. Spending per pupil rises with grade level while class sizes shrink, yet the elementary holds the largest classes, the smallest budget, and the lowest outcomes — a pattern to watch, though it is not proof of cause.