Summary:
ZIP code 45835 covers Dola, Ohio, and contains two schools — Hardin Northern Elementary School, serving grades K–6 with 211 students, and Hardin Northern High School, serving grades 7–12 with 173 students — both in the Hardin Northern Local district, which is rated 4 stars and ranked 215 of 773 Ohio districts.
Hardin Northern Elementary School is the academic standout here. In 2025–2026 it ranked 341 of 1,560 elementary schools — the 78th percentile, 4 stars — and scored above the state on every reported test. Its simple average across the nine reported tests was about 76.8% proficient versus a state average of about 62.1%, roughly 14.7 percentage points above the state. Highlights include 5th Grade ELA at 87.9% versus a state 70.4% and 4th Grade Mathematics at 86.4% versus a state 67.3%. Chronic absenteeism is also a strength at 11.6%, better than the district's 17.5%. A dip in 2024–2025 6th grade (Mathematics 47.2%, ELA 50%) rebounded to 69% the following year.
Hardin Northern High School made the biggest turnaround, rising from 2 stars and the 42nd percentile in 2024–2025 to 4 stars and the 73rd percentile in 2025–2026, when its tests averaged about 69.0% versus a state 60.2%. American Government and American History each hit 92.3%, and the graduation rate is 94.4%. Its gains are uneven, though: Geometry is 39.1% against a state 43.3%, and 8th Grade Mathematics is 47.4% against a state 52%. Chronic absenteeism is 24.2%, more than double the elementary school's rate and worse than the district's 17.5%. Its reported free/reduced lunch rate is 86.13% (not reported for the elementary school), its student-teacher ratio is lower at 10.8 versus 13.1, and spending figures are from 2018–2019 only. With small grade-level cohorts, year-to-year swings may reflect small numbers of tested students.
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