Best Public Schools in Zip Code 45697

ZIP code 45697 in Winchester, Ohio, is served by two listed public schools, both part of the Eastern Local School District: Eastern Middle School (grades 6–8, 254 students) and Eastern High School (grades 9–12, 259 students), for a combined 513 students. The area summary lists no elementary or alternative schools, so the only schools captured here are one middle and one high school. The district overall ranks 240th of 773 Ohio districts — the 69th percentile — with 3 stars.

The two schools show different strengths. Eastern High School posts a 96.6% graduation rate and scored above the state in five of six End-of-Course subjects in 2025–2026: Algebra I 77.8% vs. 61.6%, Geometry 57.8% vs. 43.3%, Biology 80.4% vs. 67%, and English II 72.4% vs. 62.7%. Its weak spot is American Government, the only EOC below state at 64.3% vs. 71.6%. Eastern Middle School reported 100% Algebra I proficiency in both years and beat the state in 8th-grade science, math, and ELA, but 6th- and 7th-grade math stayed below state at 46.2% vs. 56.2% and 39% vs. 48.6%.

Chronic absenteeism is close to the district's 11.5% at both schools — 12.7% at the high school and 11.6% at the middle school. The middle school serves more students from low-income families (free/reduced lunch 55.91% vs. 44.02%), has a higher student-teacher ratio (18.1 vs. 13.0), and showed higher per-student spending in the available 2018–2019 data ($10,654 vs. $9,155). Rank trends differ: the high school slipped from 76th percentile with 4 stars in 2023–2024 to 55th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–2026, while the middle school moved from 69th to 57th percentile, holding 3 stars. Notably, the district's 69th percentile outranks both schools' current school-level rankings.