Summary
Hayward Middle School is a public middle school located in Springfield, Ohio, serving grades 7-8 with a student population of 375. The school is part of the Springfield City School District, which is ranked 700 out of 828 districts in Ohio and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Hayward Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Ohio middle schools over the past decade, with a current ranking of 956 out of 1,036 schools and a 0-star rating.
Hayward Middle School faces significant challenges, including extremely high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 38.1% to 49.7% in recent years, well above the state average. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by state test proficiency rates, is consistently well below the state and district averages across all subject areas and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates were 22.1% in 8th grade Science, 11.4% in 7th grade Math, and 17.3% in 7th grade English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 63%, 50%, and 62.9%, respectively. Additionally, the school's student subgroups, such as African American and low socioeconomic status students, perform significantly worse than their peers statewide.
Interestingly, the nearby Roosevelt Middle School and Schaefer Middle School, which are also part of the Springfield City School District, perform significantly better than Hayward Middle School across various metrics, including test scores, chronic absenteeism, and student subgroup performance. This suggests that the challenges faced by Hayward Middle School may be specific to the school rather than district-wide. Despite the school's consistently poor performance, there has been little to no improvement in its statewide ranking or star rating over the past decade, indicating that the school may be facing systemic challenges that have not been adequately addressed.
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