Schools in Zip Code 45154

ZIP code 45154 — Mount Orab, Ohio — is served by three public schools, all in the Western Brown Local district: Mt Orab Primary Elementary School for grades K–4, Mt Orab Middle School for grades 5–8, and Western Brown High School for grades 9–12, with 2,048 students enrolled across the three. The district itself sits at the 55th percentile with 3 stars.

Mt Orab Middle School is the academic standout, ranking at the 64th percentile with 3 stars and posting unusually strong science and math results — 5th grade science at 82.4% and 8th grade science at 85.8% against a state figure around 61–63%, 5th grade math at 80.4% versus 59.1% state, and Algebra I at 100%. Its weak spot is English language arts in grades 6 and 7, where 6th grade ELA came in at 46.1% against 56.0% state. Mt Orab Primary Elementary has held steady at the 50th–54th percentile with 3 stars despite the highest free/reduced lunch rate of the three at 70.13%, beating the state in 3rd grade ELA and 3rd and 4th grade math, though 4th grade ELA (59.9% vs. 61.8% state) is a repeated weak point. Western Brown High School is the largest school at 765 students but ranks lowest at the 36th percentile with 2 stars, with a 96.8% graduation rate, American History at 81.9% and Biology at 74.5%, yet Geometry at 33.8% and American Government at 60.2% below state.

Chronic absenteeism is 18.3% at the middle school, 16.8% at the high school, and 15.7% at the elementary, against a district rate of 17.0%. Per-student spending from 2018–19 ranges from $10,026 at the elementary down to $6,747 at the middle school. The high school also shows improvement in Biology (from 53.3% to 74.5%) and Algebra I (from 44.6% to 58.2%).