Summary:
The only middle school listed in Florence Township School District is Florence Riverfront School, which serves grades 4–8 and enrolls 627 students. In 2025–2026, its average grade-level results were 38% in ELA, 24% in mathematics, and 14% in science, compared with 52%, 39%, and 23% statewide, respectively. The clearest concern is grade 8: ELA proficiency was 21%, versus 53% statewide, and mathematics was 1%, versus 23% statewide.
There is no local top or bottom school to compare because only one middle school is listed. Against state results, the standout exception is Algebra I at the end-of-course level: 42% of students met proficiency, 2 percentage points above the state’s 40%. Most grade-level results were below state figures; the largest gaps were in grade 8 ELA, 33 points below, and grade 8 mathematics, 22 points below. Science also differed by grade, at 24% in grade 5 and 4% in grade 8. The separately reported grade 8 Algebra I result was 42%, compared with 75% statewide.
Results improved in some areas but not consistently. The ELA average rose from 29% in 2024–2025 to 38% in 2025–2026, narrowing its gap with the state from 26 to 14 points; mathematics rose from 21% to 24%, narrowing its gap from 17 to 14 points. However, grade 8 results fell in both subjects, and science rose in grade 5 but fell in grade 8. End-of-course Algebra I fell 25 points year over year, though it remained 2 points above the state in 2025–2026. SchoolDigger ranks the school 578th of 743 statewide, in the 22nd percentile, with 1 star. Context figures include a student-teacher ratio of 11.5 in 2024–2025, 46% free/reduced lunch eligible that year, and chronic absenteeism of 19%, compared with 14% statewide. These figures describe the school; they do not establish why results differ.
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