Summary:
ZIP code 42164 has two middle-grade schools in Allen County: Allen County Intermediate Center serves grades 4–6, and James E. Bazzell Middle School serves grades 7–8. In 2025–2026, 16 of 18 reported school results were below state results for the same grade and subject, with an average gap of 11 percentage points. The most important shared concern is writing: both schools scored 23–25 points below the state.
Allen County Intermediate Center had the area’s clearest standout results: grade 4 math was 46% proficient versus 43% statewide, and grade 4 science was 42% versus 40%. Its largest shortfall was grade 5 writing, at 10% versus 35% statewide. At James E. Bazzell Middle School, editing and mechanics was closest to the state result, 5 points behind; grade 8 writing was its largest gap, 23 points behind. Both schools matched or exceeded their district results in every reported subject, even though nearly all results trailed the state. Because they serve different grades, their raw scores are not a fair direct comparison.
Results declined more at James E. Bazzell Middle School: its scores fell by 38 points across eight same-grade, same-subject results from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, an average drop of 5 points per result. Its average gap to the state widened by about 3 points, and its SchoolDigger statewide percentile fell from the 34th to the 19th between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026. Allen County Intermediate Center fell by 3 points across 10 results, while its average state gap widened by about 1 point. For context, in 2024–2025, enrollment was 665 at ACIC and 448 at Bazzell; student-teacher ratios were 16.9 and 16, respectively. Free/reduced lunch eligible students made up 66% at ACIC and 56% at Bazzell that school year. These context figures do not explain the test results.
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