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)
390506304012	161	Hilltop High School	Public	7-12	1401 W Jackson St	West Unity	43570	Williams County	Millcreek-West Unity Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 924-2365	204	19	10.8	98.5%	187 (91.7%)	1 (0.5%)	12 (5.9%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	$15,688							82.1	76.5	248	87
390449005317	162	Toledo Early College High School	Public	7-12	2801 W Bancroft St	Toledo	43606	Lucas County	Toledo City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 671-4800	334	19	17.5	44.9%	140 (41.9%)	103 (30.8%)	39 (11.7%)	10 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (12.6%)	$15,354							82.1	85.1	117	45
390476802943	163	Wise Elementary School	Public	5-8	4579 County Road 120	Millersburg	44654	Holmes County	East Holmes Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 893-2505	70	4	15.9	5.7%	69 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	$13,352							82	91.5	38	125
390437300275	164	Tower Heights Middle School	Public	6-8	195 N Johanna Dr	Centerville	45459	Montgomery County	Centerville City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 434-0383	535	30	17.8	13.8%	436 (81.5%)	24 (4.5%)	8 (1.5%)	24 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	42 (7.9%)	$13,883							81.8	83.1	148	16
390458002350	165	Spencerville Middle School	Public	5-8	2500 Wisher Dr	Spencerville	45887	Allen County	Spencerville Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 647-4112	304	20	15.2		284 (93.4%)	5 (1.6%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	8 (2.6%)	$10,401							81.7	76	255	90
390457902346	166	Shawnee Middle School	Public	5-8	3235 Zurmehly Rd	Lima	45806	Allen County	Shawnee Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 998-8057	727	42	17.3	29.8%	590 (81.2%)	35 (4.8%)	27 (3.7%)	12 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	61 (8.4%)	$11,065							81.6	81	175	9
390439704214	167	Lewis F Mayer Middle School	Public	6-8	21200 Campus Drive	Fairview Park	44126	Cuyahoga County	Fairview Park City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(440) 356-3510	358	22	16.3	21.2%	299 (83.5%)	19 (5.3%)	15 (4.2%)	8 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.7%)	$12,256							81.5	84.1	134	33
390484803269	168	Cloverleaf Middle School	Public	6-8	7500 Buffham Rd	Seville	44273	Medina County	Cloverleaf Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 302-0206	540	31	17.7	33.3%	493 (91.3%)	6 (1.1%)	18 (3.3%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.1%)	$12,155							81.3	83.4	145	23
390473702867	169	Bridgetown Middle School	Public	6-8	3900 Race Rd	Cincinnati	45211	Hamilton County	Oak Hills Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 574-3511	648	30	21.6		509 (78.5%)	54 (8.3%)	22 (3.4%)	10 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	52 (8.0%)	$11,388							81.3	79.1	207	38
390461102437	170	Hopewell Junior School	Public	7-8	8200 Cox Rd	West Chester	45069	Butler County	Lakota Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 777-2258	506	20	25	25.3%	313 (61.9%)	58 (11.5%)	36 (7.1%)	48 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	49 (9.7%)	$11,795							81.3	74.2	275	105

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About our rankings:

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.