Summary:
ZIP code 44880 is home to three schools serving about 935 students in grades PK–12, all within the Black River Local district in Ohio: Black River Education Center Elementary School (PK–5, 443 students), Black River High School (7–12, 339 students), and Black River Education Center Middle School (6–8, 153 students). All three share the same district ranking — 369 of 773 in Ohio, 52nd percentile, 3 stars — but their individual results differ a great deal.
The middle school has the strongest academic results, ranking at the 67th percentile (345 of 1,046, 3 stars). Its 8th grade scores are far above state: Science 86.6% vs. 61.2%, ELA 83.1% vs. 58.3%, Mathematics 74.6% vs. 52.0%, and Algebra I 100% vs. 61.6%. It also has the highest chronic absenteeism (17.0%) and a reported free/reduced lunch rate of 98.04%. The high school reports a 100% graduation rate and beats the state in American Government (82.8% vs. 71.6%), American History (82.7% vs. 73.2%), English II (72.0% vs. 62.7%), Geometry (48.6% vs. 43.3%), and Algebra I (64.6% vs. 61.6%), but falls below state in Biology (56.3% vs. 67.0%); its rank dropped from the 75th percentile (4 stars) to the 52nd (3 stars). The elementary school, at the 45th percentile (2 stars), is above state in 4th grade Math and slightly above in 3rd and 4th grade ELA, but below state in 5th grade ELA, Math, and Science.
Resources differ notably: the middle school has the lowest student/teacher ratio (10.9) and highest reported spending per student ($11,953, from 2018–2019), while the elementary school has the highest ratio (19.2) and lowest spending ($9,564). The elementary school's free/reduced lunch figure is unknown because the value is blank. Because the high school covers grades 7–12 and the middle school 6–8, both include 8th grade, so cross-year 8th grade comparisons should be made cautiously.
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