Summary:
ZIP code 44809 covers the Bascom area of Ohio, where families are served by two schools — Hopewell-Loudon Local Elementary School (PK–6, 397 students) and Hopewell-Loudon Local High School (7–12, 366 students) — both part of the Hopewell-Loudon Local district, which ranks 156th of 773 Ohio districts, in the 80th percentile with 4 stars.
Both schools earn 4 stars and beat the state in every reported test, but the high school is the standout. It posts a 100% graduation rate and 5.4% chronic absenteeism, lower than the district's 6.1% and the elementary school's 6.7%. It ranks 143rd of 795 schools (82nd percentile), versus 409th of 1,560 (74th percentile) for the elementary school. High school Algebra I results reach 92.4% against a state average of 61.6%, English II 80.9% vs. 62.7%, and Biology 81.5% vs. 67.0%. The elementary school shines in the early grades: 3rd grade math at 93.0% vs. the state's 62.1%, and 5th grade science at 87.3% vs. 62.7%. Its 4th grade ELA margin is much narrower, at 63.2% vs. 61.8%.
Context matters. The high school reports 74.04% free/reduced lunch, a high economic-need indicator, while the elementary school's figure is blank/unknown, so poverty comparisons between the two are not reliable. Spending data is historical (2018–2019): $9,013 per student at the high school and $9,805 at the elementary school, and the high school's student-teacher ratio is higher at 20.5 vs. 17.2. Year-to-year swings occur — high school 8th grade math fell from 84.6% to 65.3% and Geometry from 75.5% to 56.9% — and both schools' percentile ranks have softened slightly (high school 87th to 82nd; elementary 78th to 74th). Even so, both remain strong, above-state performers.
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