Best Public Schools in Zip Code 45876

ZIP code 45876 has just two public schools, both in the Ottoville Local district: Ottoville Elementary School for grades K–6 with 279 students, and Ottoville High School for grades 7–12 with 201 students, together serving 480 students in this small Ohio community. There is no middle school or alternative school in the ZIP code. The district ranks 28th out of 773 Ohio districts (96th percentile, 5 stars), and both schools earned 5 stars in 2025–2026 and in each of the two prior years shown.

Both schools are among Ohio's top performers. Ottoville Elementary School ranks 64th out of 1,560 elementary schools — the top 4.1% and 96th percentile — while Ottoville High School ranks 34th out of 795 high schools, the top 4.3% and 96th percentile, an improvement from 66th the year before. Test scores are exceptional: elementary proficiency runs from 77.6% to 97.1%, including 3rd Grade Math at 97.1% and 5th Grade Science at 96.6%, against state averages near 62%. At the high school, scores run from 74.5% to 96.7%, led by Algebra I at 96.7% and 8th Grade Math at 90.0% versus a 52.0% state average. Every reported test at both schools exceeded the state average, and the high school posted a 100.0% graduation rate.

For parents comparing the two, the elementary school has lower chronic absenteeism at 1.4% versus 3.3% at the high school, against a district rate of 2.2%. The high school's student–teacher ratio is smaller, 12.2 versus 18.7, and available 2018–2019 per-student spending is higher there, $13,563 versus $9,334. The high school reports 35.32% free/reduced lunch, while the elementary school's figure is blank/unavailable, so economic disadvantage cannot be compared between them. Watch items include year-over-year declines in elementary 4th Grade ELA and 6th Grade Math, and in high school 8th Grade ELA and Geometry — though all remain well above state averages.