Summary:
ZIP code 45652 contains exactly one high school: Northwest High School in Mc Dermott, Ohio, part of the Northwest Local district. It serves grades 9–12 with 313 students. Because it is the only high school in this ZIP code, every comparison is against the district and the state rather than local peer schools. The school ranks 352 of 795 in Ohio — the 56th percentile with 3 stars — while the district ranks 379 of 773, the 51st percentile.
Science and social studies stand out as the school's strengths. In 2025–26, 85.7% of students were proficient in Biology versus 67.0% statewide, 84.7% in American History versus 73.2%, and 80.2% in American Government versus 71.6%. English II came in at 65.9% and Algebra I at 64.8%, both modestly above the state. Geometry is the clear weak spot: just 32.5% were proficient against 43.3% statewide, and it was the only subject below the state in both reported years. Overall, the school averaged 69.0% across End-of-Course exams, above the state's 63.2% but just under the district's 70.3%.
The concern is momentum. Every school-level test score fell from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while the state improved in five of the same six subjects, and the school's rating slipped from 74th percentile with 4 stars to 56th percentile with 3 stars — an 18-percentile-point drop in a single year. The graduation rate is a bright spot at 100.0%, matching the district, but chronic absenteeism is 27.6%, 6.2 points higher than the district's 21.4%. The student-teacher ratio is 14.9:1, and the only spending figure available is $10,498 per student from 2018–19. Free/reduced lunch data is not reported, so economic context cannot be assessed.
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