Summary:
Zip code 45036 is home to seven schools serving students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12, with a combined enrollment of 6,364. Five of them belong to the Lebanon City district, which enrolls 5,202 students — about 82% of the area total — and is ranked 224 of 773 Ohio districts (71st percentile, 4 stars). The other two operate independently: Warren County Career Center, a vocational school for grades 6–12 with 586 students, and Greater Ohio Virtual School, an online school for grades 7–12 with 576 students.
Among the standouts, Lebanon High School is the largest campus (1,604 students), holds 4 stars, has climbed from the 73rd to the 79th percentile in rank, graduates 97.5% of students, and beats state averages in every reported End-of-Course subject. Lebanon Junior High (869 students) posts 97.6% Algebra I proficiency — the highest figure in the data set — though its rank has slipped and chronic absenteeism is 20.8%. Berry Intermediate (774 students, grades 5–6) combines strong 5th-grade science (82.7%) and ELA (83.0%) with the lowest student-teacher ratio among Lebanon City schools (19.8) and 13.5% absenteeism. Donovan Elementary (798 students, grades 3–4) improved its rank percentile from 62 to 65 and beats state averages in all four reported areas.
Two contrasts stand out. Algebra I proficiency is 97.6% at the junior high but 68.2% at the high school, against a district average of 79.1%. Absenteeism also rises at the secondary level, with the high school at 18.8% and the junior high at 20.8%, both above the district's 16.5%. Warren County Career Center has the smallest classes (7.0 ratio) and the highest free/reduced lunch rate (45.9%) but reports no outcome data. Greater Ohio Virtual School is the lowest performer: 1-star ratings, test scores far below state averages, and a 71.9% graduation rate; its 0.5% absenteeism likely reflects a different virtual-school reporting model. Bowman Primary (PK–2, 1,157 students) has no test scores, and several schools have missing data that should be treated as unknown.
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