Summary:
ZIP code 45171 in Sardinia, Ohio contains exactly one public school — Sardinia Elementary School — which serves grades PK through 5 as part of the Eastern Local School District, so families here have an elementary option inside the ZIP but must look outside it for middle and high school.
On statewide measures, this school stands out. Its average proficiency across seven tested subject-and-grade areas was 74.3% in 2025–2026, compared with a 63.8% Ohio average — about a 10-point advantage — and its state rank of 512 of 1,560 places it in roughly the top third of Ohio elementary schools. It earned 4 stars in 2024–2025 and 3 stars in both 2023–2024 and 2025–2026. Those results are notable given that 58.39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch and the student–teacher ratio is 19.5. Against its own district, however, the picture changes: Sardinia's 74.3% trails the district's 79.3%, and none of the seven results beat the district average, meaning the district's other schools are performing at a slightly higher level.
The clearest watch item is fifth grade, where math (55.8%) and ELA (65.1%) are the only two results below the state (59.1% and 70.4%). Following the same group of students, the cohort that scored 78.6% in fourth-grade math posted 55.8% in fifth-grade math a year later, a 22.8-point drop that pulls the grade below the state line. Fifth-grade science also cooled, falling from 89.6% to 74.4% while remaining 11.7 points above the state. By contrast, third grade is the strongest area, and chronic absenteeism is a bright spot at 9.0% versus the district's 11.5%. Two limits on this picture: absenteeism covers only one year, and spending figures date to 2018–2019.
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