Summary:
Zip code 45844 has just one high school, Fort Jennings High School, part of the Jennings Local district; it is listed as a high school but serves grades 6–12, so it functions as a combined middle and high school with 174 students. Because it is the only school in the area, its results are compared with the district and with Ohio state averages rather than with local peers — and in these grades and subjects, the school's scores and the district's scores are identical.
Fort Jennings High School performs strongly against the state. In 2025–2026 it scored above the Ohio average in 12 of 13 listed test areas. Its biggest advantages were 8th grade Mathematics (92.9% vs. 52.0% state, +40.9 points), 8th grade English Language Arts (85.7% vs. 58.3%, +27.4), 6th grade English Language Arts (83.3% vs. 56.0%, +27.3), Biology (90.9% vs. 67.0%, +23.9), and English II (84.8% vs. 62.7%, +22.1). Across all 13 tests, the school averaged roughly 79.5% versus about 59.6% statewide. The only below-state result was Geometry, and only slightly: 42.4% vs. 43.3%. The graduation rate is 100.0% for both the school and the Jennings Local district.
Rankings are also trending upward. The school improved from 239th of 864 (72nd percentile) in 2023–2024 to 192nd of 855 (78th percentile) in 2024–2025, then to 111th of 795 (86th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026 — a gain of 128 positions over two years. The district ranks 99th of 773 Ohio districts (87th percentile, 4 stars). Two caveats for parents: with only 174 students in grades 6–12, year-to-year swings can be large from small cohorts (for example, 7th grade Mathematics fell 27.1 points but stayed 10.0 points above state), and chronic absenteeism is 9.9% at the school versus 6.8% for the district. Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported, and spending per student ($9,304) dates to 2018–2019.
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