Best Public Schools in Zip Code 44509

ZIP code 44509 in Youngstown, Ohio, has three schools: one high school serving grades 9–12 and two elementary-classified charter schools serving K–8 and K–7, with no middle or alternative schools. Stambaugh Charter Academy is the relative standout: it has the highest 2025–26 school rank percentile here (28th percentile, 1 star) and the highest district rank percentile (20th percentile, 1 star). It is the only school in the ZIP with a tested subject above the state average—3rd grade ELA at 65.5% vs. 63.4%, and 4th grade ELA at 65.0% vs. 61.8%—and its simple average proficiency rose from about 26.6% in 2024–25 to about 42.6% in 2025–26. Still, its middle-grade results are weak, including 6th grade ELA at 23.5%, 7th grade math at 17.8%, and 5th grade science at 26.2%. Its chronic absenteeism is 52.6%.

Chaney High is part of Youngstown City and enrolls 536 students. It has an 89.7% graduation rate, close to the district’s 90.7%, but low proficiency: Geometry 5.4%, English II 25.0%, and Algebra I 25.5%. American History is its only subject above the district comparison, at 44.0% vs. 40.4%, though still below the state’s 73.2%. It also has the highest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP at 68.0%, and its 2025–26 school rank is 7th percentile with 0 stars. Its simple average proficiency slipped from about 32.3% to about 30.3%.

Summit Academy-Youngstown is the lowest-ranked school academically, with a district rank at the 1st percentile and a 2025–26 school rank at the 5th percentile, both with 0 stars. Its simple average proficiency is about 16.9% across listed 2025–26 tests, compared with roughly 60.9% for the state on the same tests; 3rd grade ELA is 0%, and 5th grade math is 5.6%. It does have the lowest student-teacher ratio (7.5) and the lowest chronic absenteeism (45.9%) of the three. The 2018–19 per-student spending is also lowest at $7,418, versus $10,009 and $12,140 at the other two schools. Overall, the ZIP has one high school with a high graduation rate but weak proficiency and high absenteeism, one improving charter school with early literacy strengths, and one charter school facing severe academic challenges.