Best Public Schools in Zip Code 45830

ZIP code 45830 covers Columbus Grove, Ohio, where three public schools serve students from kindergarten through 12th grade, all within the Columbus Grove Local district and all located at the same campus on West Cross Street. Columbus Grove Elementary School serves grades K–4 with 256 students, Columbus Grove Middle School serves grades 5–8 with 223 students, and Columbus Grove High School serves grades 9–12 with 247 students, for a combined enrollment of 726. The district overall is rated 114th of 773 Ohio districts — the 85th percentile, with 4 stars.

The middle and high schools are the headline performers. Columbus Grove Middle School earned 5 stars in all three recent ranking years, placing 97th of 1,046 schools in 2025–2026 (91st percentile) and as high as 50th of 1,036 (95th percentile) in 2024–2025. Columbus Grove High School also ranks in the top decile — 79th of 795 high schools in 2025–2026, the 90th percentile with 5 stars — while graduating 98.5% of its students. Columbus Grove Elementary School is stronger than the state average but a step behind, ranking 486th of 1,560 elementary schools in 2025–2026 (69th percentile, 3 stars), below its 4-star 2023–2024 showing.

Test scores back up the rankings. Unweighted averages of the listed tests run well above state levels at every school in 2025–2026: 79.3% versus 58.7% at the middle school, 83.9% versus 63.2% at the high school, and 75.4% versus 63.7% at the elementary school. The 7th grade results at the middle school are especially striking — 94% proficient in English language arts against 62.7% statewide and 88% in math against 48.6%. The only listed result below the state figure was the elementary school's 3rd grade ELA in 2024–2025, at 60.7% versus 61.3%. Chronic absenteeism is low throughout: 2.4% at the elementary school, 3.2% at the high school, and 5.1% at the middle school, compared with 3.4% district-wide. Student-teacher ratios are 11.5, 17.8, and 21.2 students per teacher respectively, and per-student spending (2018–2019) was $8,826, $9,004, and $9,848. Free/reduced lunch is reported only for the high school, at 89.88%.