Best High Schools in Zip Code 45876

ZIP code 45876 has just one high school: Ottoville High School in Ottoville, Ohio, serving grades 7 through 12 with 201 students — roughly 33 to 34 students per grade. Because it is the only school in the ZIP, there are no local peers to compare it with, so the useful comparisons are to its own past years and to the state of Ohio. Its district, Ottoville Local, ranks 28th of 773 Ohio districts (96th percentile) and holds 5 out of 5 stars.

Academically, the school beats the Ohio average on all 22 test measures in the file (11 subjects across two years). Average proficiency was 86.5% in 2025‑26 versus 60.2% statewide. That year, Algebra I was 96.7 vs 61.6, Biology 93.2 vs 67.0, eighth grade Math 90.0 vs 52.0, and Geometry 74.5 vs 43.3. Math is the deepest strength, with an average gap of +33.5 points, ahead of science (+24.2), English language arts (+22.9), and social studies (+18.9). The graduation rate is 100.0% and chronic absenteeism is 3.3% at the school versus 2.2% for the district. About 35.32% of students are eligible for free or reduced‑price lunch, and the student–teacher ratio is 12.2 to 1.

Two things matter when reading these numbers. First, the results are consistent rather than a one‑year spike: the school‑to‑state gap was +26.1 points in 2024‑25 and +26.3 in 2025‑26. Second, with about 33 students per grade, one student is worth roughly 3 percentage points, so single‑year swings — such as Algebra I rising from 77.1 to 96.7 — are likely cohort noise rather than trend lines. Geometry (the lowest score in both years, though still far above the state) and eighth grade English language arts (76.7, down from 83.3 while the state rose) are the relative soft spots. The school's Ohio rank improved to 34 of 795 in 2025‑26, up from 66 of 855 and 62 of 864, putting it in the top ~4% of ranked Ohio high schools.