Best Public Schools in Zip Code 45612

ZIP code 45612 covers Bainbridge, Ohio, and is served by three public schools in Paint Valley Local: Paint Valley Elementary (PK–5), Paint Valley Middle School (6–8), and Paint Valley High School (9–12), with 721 students total. The district is ranked 600 of 773 districts, at the 22nd percentile with 1 star. All three schools rank below the 50th percentile: the middle school is highest at 33rd percentile with 2 stars, the high school is 30th percentile with 1 star, and the elementary is 24th percentile with 1 star.

Attendance and achievement differ by school. The elementary has the best attendance, with a 14.2% chronic absenteeism rate, compared with the district’s 20.1%, the middle school’s 23.7%, and the high school’s 28.0%. But the elementary’s rank has fallen from 37th to 31st to 24th percentile, and its listed test scores are below state, including 3rd-grade math at 38.3% vs. 62.1% state and 4th-grade math at 43.8% vs. 67.3% state. The middle school’s grade-level tests average about 43.4% vs. 56.4% state, down from about 50.1%, though it reports 100% Biology and Algebra I EOC results that likely reflect small student groups. The high school has a 98.6% graduation rate and beats the state in Biology and Geometry, but American Government is 44.4% vs. 71.6% state, down from 69.4%, and it has the highest student-teacher ratio at 26.2.

The strongest local signals are the middle school’s EOC outliers, the high school’s graduation rate, and the elementary’s better attendance. The clearest concerns are below-state math and ELA results across grade levels, the elementary’s declining rank, high absenteeism at the high school, and the weak American Government result. Resource metrics do not show a simple pattern: the middle school has the lowest student-teacher ratio (16.6) and lowest 2018–2019 per-student spending ($7,847), yet the best local rank and standout EOCs. Free/reduced lunch data is unavailable in this extract, spending is from 2018–2019, and the 100% EOC results should be viewed cautiously because they likely involve small cohorts.