Summary:
Zip code 45345 covers New Lebanon, Ohio, and is served by three public schools — Dixie Elementary School (PK–4, 446 students), Dixie Middle School (5–8, 291 students) and Dixie High School (9–12, 311 students) — all within New Lebanon Local School District, for a combined enrollment of about 1,048.
No single school stands out overall: all three are 2-star schools in 2025–2026, and the district is ranked 542 of 773 in Ohio, at the 30th percentile. The strengths are subject-specific. Dixie Middle has the strongest result in the group — Algebra I at 93.8% proficient versus 61.6% statewide (100% the year before), though that course likely serves a selective group of advanced students — plus 5th-grade Science at 70.5% versus 62.7%. Dixie Elementary's 3rd-grade Mathematics stands out at 80.3% versus 62.1% statewide. Dixie High reports a 95.1% graduation rate and American Government at 79.7% versus 71.6%. The weaknesses are broader: Dixie High's Geometry (14.9% vs 43.3%) and Algebra I (36.2% vs 61.6%) are far below state, while Dixie Middle is well behind in 6th-grade math (30.3% vs 56.2%), 6th-grade ELA (38.2% vs 56.0%) and 8th-grade ELA (45.1% vs 58.3%). Dixie Elementary's 4th-grade ELA is also low at 48.4% versus 61.8%.
Every school's percentile rank has slipped since 2023–2024: Elementary 56 to 59 to 43 (also losing its prior 3-star rating), Middle 49 to 39 to 37, and High 44 to 33 to 30. Chronic absenteeism is highest at Dixie Middle (18.0%, above the district's 15.2%), compared with 14.9% at the elementary and 12.7% at the high school. Staffing and spending patterns do not line up neatly with results: the middle school has the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.1) yet the highest absenteeism, and the high school has the highest historical spending ($9,555 per student in 2018–2019) yet the lowest current rank; free and reduced-lunch rates are not reported in this data.
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