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)
390438300761	531	Bolich Middle School	Public	6-8	2630 13th St	Cuyahoga Falls	44223	Summit County	Cuyahoga Falls City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 926-3801	542			52.2%	392 (72.3%)	45 (8.3%)	16 (3.0%)	48 (8.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (7.0%)	$11,328							55.2	52.5	555	24
390486503339	532	Woodsfield Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	473 Lewisville Rd	Woodsfield	43793	Monroe County	Switzerland of Ohio Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(740) 472-0953	395	27	14.4	64.1%	382 (96.7%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	$17,195							55.2	52.4	556	24
390455702286	533	Paulding Middle School	Public	6-8	405 N Water St	Paulding	45879	Paulding County	Paulding Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 399-4656	269	20	13.6		233 (86.6%)	5 (1.9%)	21 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.7%)	$10,069							55	57.5	502	31
390444701395	534	New Lexington Middle School	Public	6-8	2549 Panther Dr NE	New Lexington	43764	Perry County	New Lexington School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 342-4128	374	25	14.9		359 (96.0%)	4 (1.1%)	7 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	$13,095							55	50.2	589	55
390480103077	535	Licking Valley Middle School	Public	6-8	1379 Licking Valley Rd	Newark	43055	Licking County	Licking Valley Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 763-3396	523	25	20.9	36.1%	484 (92.5%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (5.4%)	$9,731							54.4	51.2	580	45
390487103367	536	Dixie Middle School	Public	5-8	200 S Fuls Rd	New Lebanon	45345	Montgomery County	New Lebanon Local School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 687-3508	330	24	13.7	49.4%	302 (91.5%)	3 (0.9%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (6.1%)	$10,195							54.3	48.4	600	64
390506904032	537	Lake High School	Public	8-12	28080 Lemoyne Rd	Millbury	43447	Wood County	Lake Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 661-6640	568	32	18	59.9%	453 (79.8%)	10 (1.8%)	69 (12.1%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (5.3%)	$12,694							54.3	65.3	398	139
391002603646	538	Clay Middle School	Public	6-8	44 Clay High St	Portsmouth	45662	Scioto County	Clay Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 354-6644	138	15	9.2	80.4%	126 (91.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (8.0%)	$8,628							54.3	44.1	631	93
390153505818	539	Global Impact STEM Academy	Public	7-12	700 S Limestone St Ste B	Springfield	45505	Clark County	Global Impact STEM Academy	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 328-6600	664	32	21	30.0%	521 (78.5%)	22 (3.3%)	25 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	95 (14.3%)	$8,536							54.2	58.4	492	47
390440200984	540	Galion Middle School	Public	6-8	474 Portland Way N	Galion	44833	Crawford County	Galion City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 468-3134	385	24	16.2	54.0%	357 (92.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	$10,997							54.2	56.3	520	20

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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.