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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 44601


At a glance
9
Schools
4,398
Students
2
Districts
Top rankedWashington Elementary School484th of 1,560 Ohio elementary schools
Biggest riser
Marlington High School up 67 spots statewide this year
Smallest classes
Marlington Middle School 15.6 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
3★
1★
2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

ZIP code 44601 covers nine schools — five elementary, two middle, and two high schools serving about 4,398 students from kindergarten through 12th grade. The schools sit in two districts: Alliance City, which enrolls roughly 2,761 students across five schools, and Marlington Local, with about 1,637 students across four schools. The two districts perform very differently: Marlington Local ranks 285 of 773 districts statewide (63rd percentile, 3 stars), while Alliance City ranks 625 of 773 (19th percentile, 1 star).

Marlington Local schools are the stronger group overall. Washington Elementary School is the standout, ranking in the 69th percentile with 3 stars in 2025-26, exceeding the state in all seven tested subjects, and posting the lowest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP at 8.2%. Marlington Middle School ranks in the 62nd percentile with 3 stars, has the lowest student-teacher ratio in the ZIP at 15.6, and low absenteeism at 12.0%. Marlington High School ranks 271 of 795 (66th percentile, 3 stars), graduates 95.6% of students, and scored above the state in all six end-of-course subjects in both years. Lexington Elementary School is also strong, though its 5th-grade science is 52.3.

Alliance City schools face bigger challenges. Alliance High School graduates 94.2% of students — close to Marlington High's 95.6% — but has the highest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP at 33.5%, and no end-of-course subject exceeded the state in 2025-26. Its Geometry score is 25.3 versus the state's 43.3. Alliance Intermediate School @ Northside's 5th-grade math is 27.4, and Alliance Middle School's 6th-8th grade math ranges from 33.7 to 35.8. Both middle schools report 100% Algebra I proficiency, which at Alliance stands out sharply against those grade-level results. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for every school, and spending figures are from 2018-19.

Ranking:
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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