Summary:
ZIP code 45663 in West Portsmouth, Ohio is served by three public schools — Portsmouth West Elementary School (PK–5), Portsmouth West Middle School (6–8), and Portsmouth West High School (9–12) — all belonging to the Washington-Nile Local district, which enrolls 1,177 students and carries a 1-star rating, ranked 574th of 773 Ohio districts.
The area's real strengths sit in civics, science, English, and early math. Portsmouth West Middle School posted 100% proficiency in Algebra I in both recent years, the highest result in the ZIP — but that is a small advanced 8th-grade group, only about 18–19% of the district's Algebra I test-takers, not a building-wide outcome. Its 8th-grade science beat the state both years, and 7th-grade ELA rose 6.7 points. Portsmouth West High School reports a 94% graduation rate, with American Government at 80.7% (state 71.6%) and American History and English II both above state. Portsmouth West Elementary School has the most reliable above-state result here: 3rd-grade math at 71.1% vs 62.1% and 69.0% vs 64.4% in the prior year. It is also the highest-ranked of the three buildings, at the 34th percentile.
Math in grades 5 through 9 is the clear weakness: 5th-grade math sits 29.3 points below state, 6th-grade math 34.1 points below, and Integrated Math I and II roughly 34–35 points below. High school Algebra I slid from above state (62.2%) to 40.0%, and Biology fell 18.6 points in a single year. Chronic absenteeism affects about one in five students at the elementary and middle levels and one in four at the high school. Elementary and middle rankings have declined three years running. Note that no free/reduced-price lunch figures are reported for any of these schools, and spending data dates to 2018-19.
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