Summary:
ZIP code 45682 covers South Webster, Ohio, and contains just 2 public schools — one elementary and one junior/senior high — both part of the Bloom-Vernon Local district, serving about 818 students combined. The two buildings sit at the same Main Street address, and their grade spans (PK–6 and 7–12) cover the entire K–12 pipeline with no overlap, so every student in town moves from one building to the other at 7th grade.
Both schools outperform Ohio in every reported subject and grade level, in both of the last two years. Bloom-Vernon Elementary School ranks in the top 15% of Ohio elementary schools (4 stars) and has held that spot three years running, averaging 80.9% proficiency versus a 62.1% state average — with all four tested ELA grades between 82.1 and 89.6. South Webster Junior/Senior High School is the area's biggest mover, rising from 3 to 4 stars and 66th to 73rd percentile, with a 96% graduation rate. Its standout is middle-grades math: Grade 7 at 85.7% versus 48.6% statewide, Grade 8 at 87.5%, and Algebra I at 88.7%. The one ordinary spot is Geometry, at 47.5% against 43.3% state — the narrowest margin in the data and flat for two years.
Two cautions for families. First, chronic absenteeism differs sharply between buildings: 10.9% at the elementary but 22.2% at the high school — more than double, and the one measure trending the wrong way. Second, with roughly 60–80 students per elementary grade, big year-to-year swings often reflect which students moved up rather than a change in teaching. Free/reduced-lunch rates aren't reported, so economic context is unknown, and the spending figures date to 2018–19.
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