Summary:
ZIP code 44695 covers Bowerston, Ohio, and has two schools, both in the Conotton Valley Union Local district: Conotton Valley Elementary (grades PK–5, 291 students) and Conotton Valley High School (grades 6–12, 226 students), totaling 517 students. They share one campus at 7205 Cumberland Rd SW. The district ranks 196 of 773, at the 75th percentile with 4 stars.
Both schools earn 4 stars in 2025–26 and beat the state on most reported tests. The elementary school is strong in science and reading: 5th grade science 90.7% proficient vs 62.7% state, 4th and 5th grade ELA both 88.4%, and 4th grade math 78.6% vs 67.3%. It was above the state on all 7 listed 2025–26 tests, and its chronic absenteeism is just 3.5%. The high school shows the sharper rank climb, from 320 of 864 (3 stars) in 2023–24 to 222 of 795 (4 stars) in 2025–26, led by Algebra I at 87.5% vs 61.6% state, American Government 83.9%, Biology 78.9%, and 7th grade math 75.7%. It reports a 95.0% graduation rate.
The clearest contrast is attendance: chronic absenteeism is 3.5% at the elementary school, about half the district's 7.0%, but 11.4% at the high school. Free/reduced lunch is higher at the elementary school (53.61% vs 45.13%), which still posts strong proficiency and low absenteeism. The high school shows more resources per student in the available data — $19,875 vs $13,045 in 2018–19 spending, and a student-teacher ratio of 11.8 vs 20.7 — though those spending figures are older. The only below-state 2025–26 result was high school 6th grade ELA at 53.8% vs 56.0%.
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