Summary:
ZIP code 44657 covers Minerva, Ohio, and includes three public schools serving grades K–12 — Minerva Elementary School (K–5, 741 students), Minerva Middle School (6–8, 461 students), and Minerva High School (9–12, 424 students), all part of the Minerva Local district, which ranks 297 of 773 districts at the 62nd percentile with 3 stars.
Minerva Middle School is the academic standout, ranking 214 of 1,046 (80th percentile, 4 stars) — a big jump from 64th percentile two years earlier. It beat the state on every reported 2025–2026 test, with especially large leads in 8th grade math (78.3 vs. 52.0) and 6th grade math (77.2 vs. 56.2), plus a 100% Algebra I proficiency rate that likely reflects a select group of advanced students. Its concern is attendance: chronic absenteeism is 14.4, well above the district's 8.5. Minerva Elementary School has the area's best attendance by far, with chronic absenteeism of just 0.4, and strong math results (4th grade math 81.8 vs. 67.3 state). However, its rank slipped from the 68th to the 59th percentile, driven by declines in 4th and 5th grade ELA and 5th grade science.
Minerva High School is improving but still the lowest-ranked school here at 434 of 795 (45th percentile, 2 stars). Biology (71.1 vs. 67.0 state), English II (78.6 vs. 62.7), and Geometry (49.5 vs. 43.3) all rose year over year, and the graduation rate is high at 97.3. American Government is its weakest result (62.5 vs. 71.6 state), and chronic absenteeism is the highest in the area at 16.9. Note that free/reduced lunch data are missing for all three schools, and spending figures date from 2018–2019, so comparisons on cost and staffing are limited.
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