Summary:
ZIP code 45142 contains three public schools serving roughly 995 students across every grade level: Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School (PK–5), Lynchburg-Clay Middle School (6–8), and Lynchburg-Clay High School (9–12), all operated by the Lynchburg-Clay Local district.
Parents comparing the three will find the elementary school to be the strongest performer. It earned 4 stars in both 2024–25 and 2025–26 and ranks in the 75th percentile of Ohio elementary schools. Its 2025–26 results beat state averages in nearly every listed subject, including 5th Grade English Language Arts (85.7% vs. 70.4%), 5th Grade Science (82.6% vs. 62.7%), and 4th Grade Mathematics (81.7% vs. 67.3%); its only below-state result was 3rd Grade Mathematics at 59.3% against the state's 62.1%. The middle school is more mixed. It posted 100% Algebra I proficiency in both years — likely reflecting a small advanced group — and has the lowest chronic absenteeism at 10.3%, well below the district's 14.9%. However, its state ranking slipped from the 81st percentile in 2023–24 to the 61st percentile in 2025–26, dropping from 4 stars to 3. In 2025–26, 6th Grade Mathematics and 6th Grade ELA (both 51.3%) and 8th Grade Mathematics (45.9%) fell below state averages, and 8th Grade Science dropped from 85.5% to 72.3%.
The high school reports a 100% graduation rate in 2025–26 along with solid Biology (82.7% vs. 67%), American Government (78.3% vs. 71.6%), and English II (71.4% vs. 62.7%) results, but Geometry is a clear weak spot: 30.7% versus the state's 43.3% in 2025–26, and 38% versus 42.8% the year before. It also has the highest chronic absenteeism at 18.4%. Free/reduced lunch rates are closely clustered across all three schools, so those differences are not explained by very different poverty levels, and per-student spending and student-teacher ratios do not track simply with outcomes.
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