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Best Middle Schools in Defiance County, OH

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Schools

1,384

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedHicksville Middle School66^th of 1,046 Ohio middle schools

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Biggest riser

Defiance Middle School up 101 spots statewide this year

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Ohio State Tests Science (2026)		Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2026)				Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2026)				Ohio State Tests Algebra I (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Algebra I End of Course	Total
Defiance Middle School	Public	6-8	1755 Palmer Dr	Defiance	43512	Defiance County	Defiance City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 782-0050	572	34	16.8		385 (67.3%)	27 (4.7%)	146 (25.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.1%)	67.8	351^st of 1046 public middle schools	66.4%		60.1	452^nd of 1036 public middle schools	56.4%	101		64.5		57.6	66.7	70.4		53.5	68.2	65.1	100.0	$11,033
Hicksville Middle School	Public	5-8	958 E High St	Hicksville	43526	Defiance County	Hicksville Exempted Village School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 542-5917	282	19	15.2		233 (82.6%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (12.4%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.9%)	88.2	66^th of 1046 public middle schools	93.7%		88	74^th of 1036 public middle schools	92.9%	8	84.0	87.1	92.0	88.1	87.5	87.3	88.0	83.9	81.1	65.7		$9,637
Fairview Middle School	Public	6-8	6289 Us Highway 127	Sherwood	43556	Defiance County	Central Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 658-2331	217	13	16.1		185 (85.3%)	6 (2.8%)	15 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.1%)	83.8	134^th of 1046 public middle schools	87.2%		81.6	162^nd of 1036 public middle schools	84.4%	28		81.3		74.6	75.4	69.8		71.2	88.4	73.4	100.0	$12,178
Tinora Middle School	Public	5-9	5921 Domersville Rd	Defiance	43512	Defiance County	Northeastern Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 497-2361	313	16	19.5	27.2%	279 (89.1%)	5 (1.6%)	22 (7.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	69.9	331^st of 1046 public middle schools	68.4%		74	276^th of 1036 public middle schools	73.4%	55	71.0	79.7	59.4	65.7	54.8	43.1	81.2	72.9	78.6	62.0	100.0	$13,234

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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