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Schools in Lower Salem

Lower Salem’s public schools

Fort Frye Local School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lower Salem. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/4schools above Ohio’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Ohio’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
65%
2021–22
Math proficiency
68%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$19.0K
▲ 15% vs OH $16.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.3
OH 16.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
866 students on the public path
In brief

Lower Salem’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Lower Salem’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Ohio’s 3,056 public schools. Beverly-Center Elementary School places highest (better than 81%); Lowell Elementary School lowest (56%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Lower Salem, graded from B to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Fort Frye High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Lower Salem, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB to A−
6–8Fort Frye Middle Schoolin BeverlyNo scores
9–12Fort Frye High Schoolin BeverlyB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Fort Frye Local School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Fort Frye Local School DistrictGrades K–12 · 5 schools · 866 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 14.3 per teacher (OH 16.9)
$19,027OH $16,610 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading65%
State average 59.5% · 553 students tested
Math68%
State average 52.2% · 547 students tested

Lower Salem vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Ohio towns that share Lower Salem’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lower Salem—Fort Frye Local

Every school in Lower Salem

5 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Ohio’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Lower Salemin other towns
Beverly-Center Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Beverly
A−
224 students15:1Rate it →
Lowell Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Lowell
B
81 students14:1Rate it →
Salem-Liberty Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–5
A−
78 students13:1Rate it →
Fort Frye Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Beverly
256 students16:1Rate it →
Fort Frye High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Beverly
B
227 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about Lower Salem’s schools

Are Lower Salem’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lower Salem. Fort Frye Local School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lower Salem. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of Ohio’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Lower Salem in?

Fort Frye Local School District.

Where do Lower Salem kids go to high school?

Fort Frye High School.

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What Lower Salem families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.