Summary:
ZIP code 42101 has two middle schools—Henry F. Moss Middle School and Warren East Middle School—both serving grades 7–8 in Warren County. Across the 16 reported school-and-grade test results for 2025–2026, the two-school average was 33% proficient, compared with 41% for the matching state results. The clearest finding for families comparing these schools is that Warren East scored higher than Moss in every one of the eight matched subject-and-grade results.
Warren East stands out at the top: its results were 10 to 22 percentage points higher than Moss’s, and its average across the eight results was 40%, versus 25% at Moss—a 15-point average gap. Warren East was close to the state overall: it exceeded state results in three comparisons, matched the state in grade 8 math, and fell below it in four. Moss was below the state in all eight, with shortfalls ranging from 12 points in grade 7 math to 21 points in grade 8 editing and mechanics. The largest school-to-school differences were in grade 8 editing and mechanics (43% versus 21%) and grade 8 math (39% versus 20%).
Results shifted unevenly over time. Moss’s average across the same tests declined 4 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, including a 22-point drop in grade 8 editing and mechanics; Warren East’s average fell 1 point, despite a 13-point gain in grade 7 reading and a 15-point decline in grade 8 writing. Overall, the schools’ combined average fell 3 points while the state average fell 2. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking history also moved down between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026: Moss went from the 14th to the 9th percentile, and Warren East from the 56th to the 47th. In 2024–2025, Moss had a student–teacher ratio of 13.8 and 90% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible; Warren East’s ratio was 14.9 and 65% were free/reduced lunch eligible. These figures provide context, not an explanation for the achievement differences; the area includes only these two schools.
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