Summary:
ZIP code 45896 is served by a single high school, Waynesfield-Goshen Local High School, a small school of about 220 students in Waynesfield, Ohio, that serves grades 6 through 12 and belongs to the Waynesfield-Goshen Local district. Because it is the only school in the area, its record covers both middle and high school results, and roughly 75% of its students were eligible for free or reduced lunch in 2024-25. Its student-teacher ratio is a favorable 12.2 to 1, and per-student spending was $12,222 in 2018-19 (the most recent figure available here).
Academically, the school outperformed the Ohio state average in 9 of 13 tested subjects in 2025-26 and 10 of 13 in 2024-25. Its strongest results were in 8th grade mathematics (92.6% proficient vs 52.0% statewide), 8th grade science (93.5% vs 61.2%), Algebra I (91.7% vs 61.6%), and American Government (85.3% vs 71.6%). Averaged across all tested subjects, the school scored 68.0% in 2025-26 against a state average of 59.6%. The clearest weak spot is 6th grade English language arts, where only 31.3% were proficient compared with 56.0% statewide, a drop from 46.4% the prior year. Other slight gaps appeared in 6th grade math, 7th grade math, and 7th grade ELA, while math, science, and social studies all averaged above state.
Results varied notably from year to year, which is common in a school with small grade-level cohorts, so single-year swings should be read with caution. The school's state ranking moved from 199 of 855 (77th percentile, 4 stars) in 2024-25 to 277 of 795 (65th percentile, 3 stars) in 2025-26, still above its 2023-24 position of 333 of 864. The district is ranked 338 of 773 (56th percentile, 3 stars). The graduation rate is 100%, and chronic absenteeism is 12% at the school versus 10% in the district.
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