Summary:
Zip code 42633 has one middle school, Wayne County Middle School, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 646 students. In 2025–2026, its average results across grades 6–8 were 23% in mathematics and 34% in reading, compared with state averages of 40% and 48%; reading was closer to the state, but remained below it. The most important finding is that the school scored below the state in every reported subject and grade, with eighth-grade mathematics and social studies each 21 percentage points lower.
There is no local top or bottom school to compare: Wayne County Middle School is the only middle school in this list, so its position does not show how it compares with other area schools. Its relative strength was reading: the average gap from the state was 14 points, compared with 17 points in mathematics. In eighth grade, results were 18% in social studies versus 39% statewide, 18% in mathematics versus 39%, 23% in editing and mechanics versus 42%, and 30% in writing versus 48%. The school’s results were often similar to those in Wayne County; for example, school and district results matched in grades 6 and 7 mathematics and grade 7 reading.
Results changed unevenly over time: the average mathematics score fell 8 points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while reading rose 3 points. The mathematics gap from the state widened from 11 to 17 points; the reading gap narrowed from 16 to 14 points. The mathematics decline was concentrated in grades 7 and 8, where scores fell 12 and 13 points, while grade 6 rose 2 points. SchoolDigger’s ranking also moved down, from 203rd of 324 schools (37th percentile) in 2023–2024 to 305th of 326 (6th percentile) in 2025–2026. Context figures include a 16.1 student-teacher ratio and 75% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025; in 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 29%, compared with 24% statewide, while the dropout rate was 0%, compared with 1% statewide.
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