Summary:
ZIP code 45701 covers Athens, Ohio and contains three schools — two elementary schools serving PK–3 and one middle school serving grades 7–8 — all within the Athens City School District. There is no high school or alternative school in this list. Combined enrollment is about 1,082 students: Morrison Gordon Elementary School (393 students), Athens Middle School (360), and East Elementary School (329).
East Elementary School is the strongest elementary performer in the latest data, with 81.6% proficient in grade-3 ELA versus the district's 74.4% and the state's 63.4%, and 71.1% in grade-3 math versus 68.7% district and 62.1% state. It also has the best attendance in the group, with chronic absenteeism of 16.2% against a district rate of 26.4%. Athens Middle School shows the clearest upward trend, moving from the 61st to the 74th percentile and 4 stars, with Math 8 proficiency jumping from 44.5% to 72.9%. Its Algebra I End of Course result of 100% proficient far exceeds district and state rates, though the school also has the highest chronic absenteeism at 30.4%. Morrison Gordon Elementary School declined year over year — math from 73.0% to 66.7% and ELA from 78.7% to 68.2% — but both scores remain above state, and it has the largest enrollment and highest student-teacher ratio at 18.7.
Two patterns stand out for families. First, every reported 2025–2026 school-level test score in this ZIP code is above the state average. Second, attendance is a clear dividing line: East is well below the district rate, Morrison is modestly below it, and Athens Middle is above it even as its academics improve. Per-student spending ($11,645 at East, $11,013 at Morrison, $8,273 at Athens Middle) and student-teacher ratios are useful context but come from different years, so they should not be read as causes. Note also that free/reduced lunch percentages are blank for all three schools, and the elementary rank data dates to 2020–2021.
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