Best Public Schools in Zip Code 45674

Zip code 45674 contains two public schools: Buckeye Hills Career Center, a grades 7–12 high school in the Gallia-Jackson-Vinton district, and Rio Grande Elementary School, a PK–5 school in the Gallipolis City district. Together they list 799 students, with no middle school or alternative school in this extract and no listed school covering grade 6. Buckeye Hills is the larger school, with 564 students (about 70.6% of the total) and roughly 2.4 times the enrollment of Rio Grande Elementary’s 235 students.

For parents comparing academics, Rio Grande Elementary School has the clearest data. Its strongest signal is English Language Arts: in 2025-26, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade ELA all exceeded the state averages, including 5th grade at 82.8% proficient versus 70.4% statewide. Chronic absenteeism is also a positive outlier at 9.3%, compared with 19.2% for the Gallipolis City district. However, math is weaker: 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade math were all below district and state, and 4th grade math was 46.7% versus 67.3% statewide. Its rank history sits near the middle—48th percentile in 2025-26, 47th in 2024-25, and 50th in 2023-24—with 2 stars each year. Spending data shows $6,590 per student in 2018-2019, but that figure is several years old.

Buckeye Hills Career Center stands out for a lower student/teacher ratio of 11.2, compared with 16.7 at Rio Grande Elementary School. That means Rio Grande’s ratio is about 1.49 times Buckeye Hills’ ratio. Buckeye Hills also serves more students in grades 7–12, but this data set does not include its test scores, rank history, chronic absenteeism, or spending, so its academic performance cannot be compared. Free/reduced-lunch percentages are blank for both schools, so poverty context is unknown. Overall, 45674 has one elementary school with strong ELA and attendance but weaker math, and one larger secondary career center with a favorable student/teacher ratio but insufficient outcome data.