Summary:
ZIP code 45652 in McDermott, Ohio, is served by three public schools — Northwest Elementary School (grades PK–5), Northwest Middle School (grades 6–8), and Northwest High School (grades 9–12) — all part of the Northwest Local district, with a combined enrollment of 1,126 students.
The three schools perform quite differently. Northwest Elementary School is the strongest overall, ranked in the 64th percentile statewide with 3 stars. Its fifth graders reach 88.4% proficiency in math (vs. 59.1% statewide) and 76.7% in science (vs. 62.7%). Northwest High School sits in the 56th percentile with 3 stars, with strong results in Biology (85.7% vs. 67.0% statewide), American History, and American Government, plus a 100% graduation rate. Northwest Middle School ranks lowest, in the 42nd percentile with 2 stars, and its grade-level math and English scores fall below state averages.
Chronic absenteeism mirrors these patterns: it is 14.4% at the elementary school — well below the Northwest Local district rate of 21.4% — versus 27.6% at the high school and 29.3% at the middle school. One notable outlier is middle-school Algebra I, where 91.3% of students scored proficient against a 61.6% state figure; this reflects a small accelerated group rather than all middle-school students, and grade-level math remains the bigger concern. The high school's Geometry results (32.5% vs. 43.3% state) and its drop from 4 stars to 3 stars are also worth watching, while per-student spending figures are from 2018–2019 and may not reflect current conditions.
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