Summary:
Zip code 44809 is home to a single public high school: Hopewell-Loudon Local High School in Bascom, Ohio, part of the Hopewell-Loudon Local district. It serves 366 students in grades 7 through 12, so its report card blends middle school Ohio State Tests with high school End-of-Course exams. Because it is the only high school in the ZIP code, there are no local peers to compare it against; the useful benchmarks are Ohio state averages and the school's own past performance.
The school stands out as high performing. For 2025–2026 it ranked 143rd out of 795 Ohio high schools (82nd percentile, 4 stars), and the district ranked 156th out of 773. It reported a 100.0% graduation rate and a 5.4% chronic absenteeism rate, below the district's 6.1% — notable given that 74.04% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025. The school exceeded Ohio's proficiency rate in all 11 reported assessments, averaging about 74.9% proficient versus the state's 60.2%. Algebra I led the way at 92.4% (30.8 points above the state), followed by American Government at 84.2%, Biology and American History at 81.5%, and English II at 80.9% (18.2 points above the state).
Year-over-year trends are mixed. Algebra I, English II, Biology, American History, and 7th grade English Language Arts all improved, but Geometry fell 18.6 points, 8th grade Mathematics fell 19.3 points, and 8th grade Science fell 17.3 points — each still above the state average. Overall, the school's average slipped about 3.2 points while the state average rose slightly, and its percentile eased from 87th to 82nd, though it held its 4-star rating. The 20.5 student-teacher ratio and the older per-student spending figure of $9,013 (2018–2019, not a current amount) are worth watching as the school monitors those recent dips in 8th grade math and science and in Geometry.
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