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)
390493903577	191	Pandora-Gilboa Middle School	Public	5-8	410 Rocket Rdg	Pandora	45877	Putnam County	Pandora-Gilboa Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 384-3225	157	10	15.7		152 (96.8%)	1 (0.6%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$12,676							80	88.4	70	121
390447601622	192	Brookside Middle School	Public	7-8	1662 Harris Rd	Sheffield Village	44054	Lorain County	Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(440) 949-4228	251			41.4%	193 (76.9%)	3 (1.2%)	32 (12.7%)	6 (2.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (6.4%)	$13,365							80	75.7	259	67
390504404302	193	Little Miami Middle School	Public	5-8	5290 Morrow Cozaddale Rd	Morrow	45152	Warren County	Little Miami Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(513) 899-2264	1,279	54	23.8	16.2%	1,105 (86.4%)	42 (3.3%)	47 (3.7%)	27 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (4.5%)	$10,556							80	77.4	233	40
390489904649	194	Antwerp Local Middle School	Public	6-8	303 S. Harrmann Rd	Antwerp	45813	Paulding County	Antwerp Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 258-5421	155	9	17.2		145 (93.5%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	$9,032							79.8	77.2	238	44
390475904619	195	Patrick Henry Middle School	Public	5-8	E050 County Road 7	Hamler	43524	Henry County	Patrick Henry Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 274-3015	275	20	13.7		234 (85.1%)	3 (1.1%)	27 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.6%)	$15,486							79.7	77.5	228	33
390476303595	196	Lynchburg-Clay Middle School	Public	6-8	8250 State Route 134	Lynchburg	45142	Highland County	Lynchburg-Clay Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 364-2811	240	20	12.2	46.3%	225 (93.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.4%)	$12,780							79.6	78.3	217	21
390453702192	197	Georgetown Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	987 Mount Orab Pike	Georgetown	45121	Brown County	Georgetown Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 378-6730	414	26	15.9	45.2%	383 (92.5%)	6 (1.4%)	10 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.1%)	$13,161							79.5	78.5	216	19
390459902397	198	St Clairsville Middle School	Public	5-8	104 Woodrow Ave	Saint Clairsville	43950	Belmont County	St Clairsville-Richland City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 659-1591	510	30	16.8	43.9%	451 (88.4%)	12 (2.4%)	17 (3.3%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.3%)	$10,152							79.5	83.6	141	57
390493503568	199	Leipsic High School	Public	6-12	232 Oak St	Leipsic	45856	Putnam County	Leipsic Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 943-2164	363	24	15.2	33.9%	205 (56.5%)	2 (0.6%)	149 (41.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$10,296							79.4	79.6	197	2
390443801307	200	Claggett Middle School	Public	6-8	420 E Union St	Medina	44256	Medina County	Medina City School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 636-3600	713	43	16.4	22.3%	579 (81.2%)	36 (5.0%)	42 (5.9%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (7.0%)	$14,349							79.4	76.9	242	42

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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.

Educational resources:

State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.