Schools in Zip Code 45255

ZIP code 45255 is home to four schools — two elementary schools (Ayer Elementary School and Summit Elementary School), one middle school (Nagel Middle School), and one high school (Anderson High School) — all served by the Forest Hills Local district, which enrolls about 3,360 students across these campuses and ranks 45th of 773 Ohio districts, at the 94th percentile with a 5-star rating.

Ayer Elementary School is the strongest overall performer — 100th of 1,560 Ohio elementary schools, at the 94th percentile with 5 stars — and has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the ZIP (6.5%) and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate (16.3%). Summit Elementary School remains a high performer at the 89th percentile, but has slipped from the 96th percentile in 2023–24, and its 3rd- and 4th-grade ELA scores fall below district averages (75.9% vs. 87.9% and 75.4% vs. 85.7%). Nagel Middle School posts exceptional advanced math — 100% in Geometry and 99.1% in Algebra I — yet 8th-grade math dropped from 73.3% to 54.0%, pulling its rank from the 93rd to the 84th percentile. Anderson High School improved to the 91st percentile and 5 stars with a 99.0% graduation rate, but its 22.4% chronic absenteeism is nearly double the district's 12.2%.

Every school here exceeds state averages on every reported test, even where scores sit below district averages — Anderson's Geometry result of 63.6% still beats the state's 43.3%, but trails the district's 76.2%. Chronic absenteeism climbs steadily with grade level: about 6.5–6.6% in the elementaries, 12.8% at Nagel, and 22.4% at Anderson, the clearest concern for families. Free/reduced lunch rates do not track simply with outcomes; Summit has the highest rate (23.83%) yet still posts strong scores.