Summary:
ZIP code 45786 contains just one elementary school: Waterford Elementary School, located in Waterford, Ohio, and part of the Wolf Creek Local district. It is technically an elementary school but serves grades K–8, so it functions as a combined elementary and middle school with 428 students. The district ranks 363 of 773 districts statewide, in the 53rd percentile, with a 3-star rating. Because it is the only school in this ZIP code, all grade-level (non-End-of-Course) district test results are identical to the school's results, so the district figures essentially describe this one school.
Its standout strengths are concentrated in early-grade math and advanced math. Fourth grade math reached 97.6% proficient in 2025–26, 30.3 percentage points above the state rate of 67.3%, up from 90.2% the prior year. Algebra I End-of-Course hit 100% proficient in both 2024–25 and 2025–26, far above state rates of 59.4% and 61.6%; Geometry was 80% in 2024–25 versus a 42.8% state rate. Fourth grade English Language Arts rose to 75.6%, 13.8 points above state, and eighth grade science reached 69%, 7.8 points above state. Chronic absenteeism, at 11.9%, is lower than the district's 13.1%.
Weak spots matter just as much. Fifth grade struggled across all subjects in 2025–26: science 44.4% versus 62.7% statewide, math 44.2% versus 59.1%, and ELA 57.8% versus 70.4%. Eighth grade math was 40.5% versus a 52% state rate, though it improved from 30%. Third grade ELA fell from 95.2% to 58%, and 5th grade science dropped from 68.5% to 44.4%, showing results that are strongly cohort-dependent rather than steadily improving. Reflecting this mix, the school's statewide percentile slipped from 68 in 2024–25 to 50 in 2025–26, while keeping 3 stars. About 46.96% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 13.1; per-student spending is listed at $9,932, but that figure dates to 2018–19 and is too old for current funding conclusions.
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