Schools · Salem

Salem, OH schools

Salem’s public schools score above Ohio’s averages: 62% of students are proficient in reading against 57.2% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 85.3%. Kids attend Salem-Liberty Elementary School through grade 5, then Fort Frye Middle School and Fort Frye High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

A-School Grade

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Salem’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Salem’s kids attend outperform 78% of Ohio’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

B+Test scores

Ohio school districts we grade (897)Better than 78%

Lower resultsHigher results

Ohio towns with similar household incomes (803)Better than 86%

Towns in Washington County (22)Better than 91%

High confidence. Built on 550 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Ohio’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Ohio only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Ohio with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Salem kids go to school

Grades K–5

A-Salem-Liberty Elementary School 78 students · Lower Salem Fort Frye Local School District

Grades 6–8

Fort Frye Middle School 256 students · Beverly Fort Frye Local School District

Grades 9–12

BFort Frye High School 227 students · Beverly Fort Frye Local School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading (grades K–12, Fort Frye Local)62%

State average 57.2%

Math (grades K–12, Fort Frye Local)66%

State average 49.7%

Graduation · class of 2020

95% graduate on time

Graduation rate

95%

OH: 85.3%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Salem

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Fort Frye Local School DistrictGrades K–12 · 5 schools · 866 students

$19,027 per studentOH $16,610A-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Salem

There’s no college in Salem, but 3 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Washington State College of Ohio in Marietta, 8.7 miles away.

Washington State College of OhioUniversity or college · Public · Marietta8.7 mi1,347 students Marietta CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Marietta9.8 mi1,153 students

West Virginia University at ParkersburgUniversity or college · Public · Parkersburg24 mi2,233 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Salem. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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