Summary:
ZIP code 45359 covers Pleasant Hill, Ohio, and is served by just two public schools — Newton Elementary School (PK–6, 359 students) and Newton High School (7–12, 291 students) — both operated by the Newton Local district on one shared campus at 201 N Long St, for 650 students combined. The district overall ranks 87th of 773 Ohio districts (89th percentile) and earns 4 stars, but that blended figure masks a split: the elementary holds 5 stars, the high school 4.
Newton Elementary School is the standout. It has earned 5 stars in each of the last three years and ranked 120th of 1,560 Ohio elementaries (92nd percentile) in 2025-26. Across nine tests it averaged 84.9% proficiency versus a 62.1% state average — every reported elementary test beat the state, usually by 20–30 points. Two caveats: results have softened slightly (86.3% in 2024-25 to 84.9% in 2025-26), with 6th grade ELA showing the sharpest one-year drop, and the school's free/reduced-lunch percentage is not reported, so its student needs are unknown. It also produces these results at a student-teacher ratio of 23.9, well above the high school's 15.9.
Newton High School is steady rather than spectacular: 4 stars in all three years at the 88th percentile, a 96.4% graduation rate, average proficiency of 77.9% against a 60.2% state average, and 6.6% chronic absenteeism — lower than the elementary's 7.8%, which is unusually favorable, and notable given that 49.14% of its students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Its one real weakness is 8th grade math, at 47.8% versus a 52.0% state figure — the only below-state result in the data — even as 7th grade math posted the largest gap anywhere (+33 points). That within-building math discontinuity, along with a slide in Geometry, is where attention is best spent.
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