Summary:
ZIP 45044 contains 14 schools — 10 elementary schools, one middle school and three high schools enrolling roughly 8,539 students — with most students split between the generally high-performing Lakota Local district in Liberty Township and the much lower-ranked Middletown City district, plus several standalone and charter schools.
The strongest options cluster in Lakota Local. Independence Elementary School is the top performer in the ZIP: 95th percentile with 5 stars and the lowest chronic absenteeism at 7.3%, with math proficiency of 88.4%–91.4% and ELA of 79.1%–91.5% across grades 3–6. Liberty Junior School, the only middle school here, is also 5 stars and 90th percentile, while Lakota East High School combines 4 stars and 88th percentile with a 95.0% graduation rate and above-state proficiency in every end-of-course subject, even with 2,660 students. Woodland Elementary School is especially interesting: it has the highest FRL rate among Lakota schools at 43.97%, yet still ranks 78th percentile with 4 stars and beats state averages in every tested grade and subject.
Elsewhere, performance drops sharply as absenteeism rises. Marshall High School is the extreme outlier at 4th percentile with 0 stars, a 37.2% graduation rate and 98% chronic absenteeism. Rosa Parks Elementary School is 7th percentile with 0 stars and 46.7% absenteeism, and Summit Academy Secondary School - Middletown is 18th percentile with 1 star. Middletown City as a district ranks 15th percentile with 1 star. There are bright spots: Mayfield Elementary School improved to 2 stars and 30th percentile, with 5th-grade science at 66.1% and 5th-grade ELA at 75%, both above state averages, and Central Academy Elementary School posts 4th-grade ELA at 67.4%, also above the state.
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