Best Middle Schools in Ohio

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1046)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
390461100806	361	Lakota Ridge Junior School	Public	7-8	6199 Beckett Ridge Blvd	West Chester	45069	Butler County	Lakota Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 777-0552	679	26	26.4	29.5%	365 (53.8%)	131 (19.3%)	107 (15.8%)	34 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	41 (6.0%)	$10,279							68.1	67.9	355	6
390494603606	362	Shiloh Middle School	Public	5-8	400 Trux St	Plymouth	44865	Huron County	Plymouth-Shiloh Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 687-4061	197	14	14		173 (87.8%)	2 (1.0%)	8 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (7.1%)	$13,646							68	64.1	413	51
390499703778	363	Woodridge Middle School	Public	6-8	4451 Quick Rd	Peninsula	44264	Summit County	Woodridge Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 928-7420	424	34	12.6	47.2%	260 (61.3%)	98 (23.1%)	21 (5.0%)	16 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.8%)	$12,841							68	68.7	341	22
390146505658	364	Global Village Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	5720 State Rd	Parma	44134	Cuyahoga County	Global Village Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(216) 767-5956	248	15	17.1	64.5%	243 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$8,041							67.9	80.9	177	187
390492103533	365	Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School	Public	6-8	4140 State Route 44	Rootstown	44272	Portage County	Rootstown Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 325-9956	219	16	13.6	32.4%	203 (92.7%)	4 (1.8%)	5 (2.3%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	$12,483							67.9	67.8	358	7
390492003530	366	James A Garfield Middle School	Public	7-8	10231 State Route 88	Garrettsville	44231	Portage County	James A Garfield Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 527-2151	214	12	18.4		206 (96.3%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	$11,200							67.9	61.1	455	89
390459002378	367	Alexander Junior / Senior High School	Public	6-12	6125 School Rd	Albany	45710	Athens County	Alexander Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 698-8831	731	53	13.8	83.4%	712 (97.4%)	6 (0.8%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	$11,713							67.9	65.8	389	22
390443601291	368	Maumee Middle School	Public	6-8	900 Gibbs St	Maumee	43537	Lucas County	Maumee City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 893-3386	522	37	14.1	33.7%	379 (72.6%)	42 (8.0%)	57 (10.9%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (7.3%)	$13,886							67.8	81	176	192
390494102764	369	Clear Fork Middle School	Public	6-8	987 State Route 97 E	Bellville	44813	Richland County	Clear Fork Valley Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 886-3111	372	20	18.2		350 (94.1%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.9%)	$9,147							67.8	67.9	357	12
390450404369	370	Heritage Middle School	Public	6-8	390 N Spring Rd	Westerville	43082	Delaware County	Westerville City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 797-6600	858	60	14.3	47.6%	356 (41.5%)	287 (33.4%)	85 (9.9%)	43 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (10.1%)	$12,751							67.7	61.6	452	82

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Ohio State Tests Mathematics, Ohio State Tests English Language Arts, Ohio State Tests Science test scores released by the Ohio Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 15, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Ohio Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Ohio Department of Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.