Best High Schools in Zip Code 44827

ZIP code 44827 is home to two public high schools serving grades 9–12 in and around Crestline, Ohio: Col Crawford High School, with 250 students, in Colonel Crawford Local, and Crestline High School, with 246 students, in Crestline Exempted Village. The schools are only four students apart in size, which makes their very different results stand out.

Col Crawford is the clear standout. It is a 4-star school with a district rank of 214 of 773 (72nd percentile) and a 2025–26 school rank of 161 of 795 (80th percentile), and its rank history is steady at the 80th, 77th, and 78th percentiles over three years. It reports a 100% graduation rate and a chronic absenteeism rate of 6.6%. On 2025–26 End-of-Course exams it scored above the state in every listed subject, including American History at 94.8%, Biology at 85.1%, and American Government at 80.6%; its lowest result, Geometry at 48.8%, was still 5.5 points above the state.

Crestline faces significant challenges. It is rated 1 star, with a district rank of 598 of 773 (23rd percentile) and a 2025–26 school rank of 643 of 795 (19th percentile); its three-year percentiles were 19, 25, and 26. Graduation is 87.5% and chronic absenteeism is 26.5%, more than four times Col Crawford's rate. Crestline scored below the state in all six listed 2025–26 EOC subjects, with the sharpest gaps in Algebra I (31.0% vs. 61.6%) and Geometry (17.6% vs. 43.3%); American History was closest to the state at 72.2% vs. 73.2%. Notably, Crestline's student-teacher ratio (10.2) and 2018–19 per-pupil spending ($11,015) were more favorable than Col Crawford's (14.8 and $10,785), suggesting class size and spending alone do not explain the difference. Crestline's free/reduced lunch figure is not reported, so it should be treated as unknown.