Best Public Schools in Zip Code 44615

ZIP code 44615 covers Carrollton, Ohio, and is served by three public schools — one elementary, one middle, and one high school — all part of the Carrollton Exempted Village district. Together they enroll roughly 1,739 students and cover the full PK–12 span: Carrollton Elementary School (PK–4, 804 students), Carrollton Middle School (5–8, 418 students), and Carrollton High School (9–12, 517 students). The district as a whole ranks 328 of 773 schools statewide, at the 58th percentile with 3 stars.

Carrollton High School is the academic anchor, ranking in the 69th percentile (244 of 795), earning 4 stars in 2024–25, and posting a 96.2% graduation rate. Its End-of-Course proficiency beats the state in American History (89.1% vs. 73.2%), Biology (81.2% vs. 67.0%), English II (73.7% vs. 62.7%), American Government (81.8% vs. 71.6%), and Geometry (53.3% vs. 43.3%), while Algebra I is essentially at the state level. Carrollton Middle School (57th percentile, 3 stars) is uneven: 7th-grade math (60.7% vs. 48.6%), 8th-grade math (62.5% vs. 52.0%), and 8th-grade science (70.5% vs. 61.2%) are strong, but 5th-grade math (36.0% vs. 59.1%) and 6th-grade ELA (42.6% vs. 56.0%) trail well behind. Carrollton Elementary School sits at the 50th percentile with 2 stars, though its rank rose 15 percentile points in one year, and 4th-grade math (71.8%) and ELA (65.8%) are above state.

Other metrics tell a mixed story. Chronic absenteeism is lowest at the elementary school (9.7%), then middle (16.7%) and high school (18.2%), compared with the district's 14.6%, so absenteeism doesn't line up neatly with achievement. Free/reduced lunch ranges from 39.85% at the high school to 51.44% at middle and 56.84% at elementary. Student-teacher ratios are smallest at the high school (14.7) versus middle (20.9) and elementary (21.7). Notably, elementary per-student spending ($20,781 in 2018–19) far exceeds the high school's ($11,797). In short, the high school lifts the district's profile, the middle school shows bright spots alongside real gaps, and the elementary school is improving but still finding its footing.