Best High Schools in Zip Code 45693

ZIP code 45693 has two high schools, both in the Adams County Ohio Valley Local district in Ohio: West Union High School, serving grades 7–12 with 435 students, and Ohio Valley Career & Technical Center, serving grades 11–12 with 354 students. Only West Union reports academic outcomes, so it is the only one parents can evaluate on test scores, graduation rate, and attendance. The combined enrollment of 789 is not a clean 9–12 district total, since West Union includes grades 7–8 and the career center may draw students from more than one high school.

West Union's 2025–2026 results sit below both district and state in every reported subject. Math is the clearest pressure point: Geometry is at 11% proficient (32.3 points below the state) and Algebra I at 31.1% (30.5 points below), with 8th grade math at 26.1%. Relative bright spots are Biology at 65.8%, only 1.2 points below the state, and American Government at 67.9%. Its latest rank is 636 of 795 — 20th percentile with 1 star — versus the district's 43rd percentile and 2 stars. The graduation rate is 88.5% compared with the district's 96.3%, and chronic absenteeism is 27.8% versus 20.7%. Over the past year, 8th grade math, 8th grade ELA, and Biology improved, while Algebra I fell 23.4 points.

Ohio Valley Career & Technical Center has no test scores, graduation rate, absenteeism, or rank history in this data, so its academic performance is unknown rather than poor; its only notable metric is a student-teacher ratio of 18.6, higher than West Union's 15. Free/reduced lunch percentage is blank for both schools and should be treated as unknown, and spending figures exist only for West Union ($9,257 per student, 2018–19).