Summary:
ZIP code 45638, covering Ironton, Coal Grove and the surrounding Rock Hill area of Ohio, contains nine public schools — three elementary, three middle and three high schools — serving 3,725 students across three full PK–12 districts: Dawson-Bryant Local, Ironton City School District and Rock Hill Local. Because each district runs its own complete pipeline, families can compare schools directly at every grade band.
The academic standout is Dawson-Bryant Elementary School, which ranked in the 81st percentile of Ohio elementaries with 4 stars and beat the state in all seven tested subjects. Dawson-Bryant Middle School is also strong (66th percentile) with very high single-subject results, but Dawson-Bryant High School ranks just 22nd percentile with 1 star — its strong early grades are not carrying through. Ironton High School shows the opposite pattern: it climbed 30 percentile points in three years to the 65th percentile and is the only high school here beating the state in all six End-of-Course subjects, combined with the ZIP's lowest chronic absenteeism (14.9%) and a 99.2% graduation rate — even though Ironton Elementary School (32nd percentile) and Ironton Middle School (down to 51st) are weaker feeders. Rock Hill Senior High School ranks lowest (25th percentile, 1 star) despite the ZIP's highest per-student spending ($12,403), while Rock Hill Elementary School (45th) and Rock Hill Middle School (40th) each outperform their district's 30th-percentile standing.
Overall, graduation rates are uniformly high (98.7–99.2%) and do not distinguish these schools — proficiency is where the real differences appear. Chronic absenteeism ranges from 14.9% to 33.7%, highest at Dawson-Bryant High. Fourth-grade ELA is a ZIP-wide soft spot for every elementary except Dawson-Bryant, and middle-school math is sharply polarized, with a 42.3-point spread on 7th-grade math between Dawson-Bryant and Rock Hill Middle.
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