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)
390449805636	331	Wapakoneta Junior High	Public	8	1 Redskin Trl	Wapakoneta	45895	Auglaize County	Wapakoneta City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 739-2900	247	11	21.9		238 (96.4%)	2 (0.8%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$3,086							70	61.9	445	114
390474502896	332	McComb Local Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	328 S Todd St	Mc Comb	45858	Hancock County	McComb Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 293-3853	297	21	14.1		244 (82.2%)	1 (0.3%)	50 (16.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$13,445							69.9	56.3	519	187
390481703141	333	Midview Middle School	Public	7-8	12865 Grafton Rd	Grafton	44044	Lorain County	Midview Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(440) 748-2122	439	28	15.9	46.2%	375 (85.4%)	13 (3.0%)	28 (6.4%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (3.4%)	$11,473							69.8	67.7	361	28
390473905993	334	Taylor Middle School	Public	5-8	56 Cooper Road	Cleves	45002	Hamilton County	Three Rivers Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 467-3500	665	33	20.1	39.5%	590 (88.7%)	14 (2.1%)	18 (2.7%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (5.7%)	$3,671							69.7	69.4	331	3
390157505858	335	iSTEM	Public	6-12	1800 Mentor Ave	Painesville	44077	Lake County	iSTEM	No	(n/a)	No	No	(440) 898-3238	172	7	24.5	13.4%	147 (85.5%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.5%)	3 (1.7%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (8.1%)	$8,614							69.7	86.5	95	240
390438000656	336	Indianola Informal K-8 School	Public	K-8	251 E Weber Rd	Columbus	43202	Franklin County	Columbus City Schools District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(614) 365-5579	684	39	17.5		388 (56.7%)	177 (25.9%)	49 (7.2%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	64 (9.4%)	$14,056							69.7	60	470	134
390468702683	337	Fairfield Union Rushville Middle School	Public	5-8	6409 Cincinnati Zanesville Rd	Lancaster	43130	Fairfield County	Fairfield Union Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 536-7249	624	32	19.5	34.6%	591 (94.7%)	7 (1.1%)	12 (1.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.9%)	$9,998							69.6	74.7	270	67
390435704193	338	Bellaire Middle School	Public	5-8	54555 Bellaire-Neffs Rd	Bellaire	43906	Belmont County	Bellaire Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 676-1635	357	27	13.2	60.8%	312 (87.4%)	10 (2.8%)	6 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (7.8%)	$10,803							69.6	69.7	326	12
390470204349	339	Ann Simpson Davis Middle School	Public	6-8	2400 Sutter Pkwy	Dublin	43016	Franklin County	Dublin City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(614) 761-5820	810	55	14.7	30.2%	437 (54.0%)	77 (9.5%)	141 (17.4%)	88 (10.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	64 (7.9%)	$13,885							69.6	74.3	273	66
390488803444	340	West Muskingum Middle School	Public	4-8	100 Kimes Rd	Zanesville	43701	Muskingum County	West Muskingum Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 455-4055	496	21	23.9	43.3%	437 (88.1%)	12 (2.4%)	14 (2.8%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	26 (5.2%)	$8,295							69.5	65.5	394	54

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.