Berlin Township School District

Berlin Township School District has two schools, serving PK–4 at John F Kennedy Elementary School and grades 5–8 at Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School, with no high school. The clearest overall pattern in 2025–2026 is that results are stronger relative to the state in ELA than in math: across the six tested grades, ELA averaged 4 points below the state, while math averaged 14 points below.

Eisenhower has the strongest state-relative results in several grades, particularly ELA in grades 6–8: it was 8 points above the state in grade 6 and 14 points above in grade 7, and its grade 7 math result was 2 points above. Its end-of-course Algebra I result was also a standout: 71% proficient versus 40% statewide, a 32-point advantage. But performance varies within the school: grade 5 ELA and math were each about 21 points below the state, and grade 8 math was 14 points below. John F Kennedy was below the state in all four supplied grade-subject results; its largest shortfall was grade 4 math, 28 points below. Comparing each school with the state for the same grade is more meaningful than comparing the schools’ raw scores, since their tested grades do not overlap.

Results shifted unevenly over time: the average ELA gap improved from 6 points below the state in 2024–2025 to 4 points below in 2025–2026, while the math gap widened from 12 to 14 points below. At John F Kennedy, ELA proficiency rose 17 points in grade 3 and 8 in grade 4; at Eisenhower, grade 6 math rose 10 points, while grade 5 and grade 7 math fell. SchoolDigger’s overall percentile ranking rose over the latest year at both schools—to 22 at John F Kennedy and 59 at Eisenhower—though John F Kennedy remained below its 2023–2024 ranking of 30. In 2024–2025, John F Kennedy had 357 students and a 13.7:1 student-teacher ratio; Eisenhower had 261 students and a 9.4:1 ratio. Their free/reduced lunch eligible shares that year were 48% and 59%, respectively; these are context, not explanations for school results.