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Best Middle Schools in Wayne County, OH

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Schools

2,845

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedDalton Middle School71^st of 1,046 Ohio middle schools

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Biggest riser

Northwestern Middle School up 144 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Rittman Middle School 10.3 students per teacher

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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
Orrville Middle School	Public	5-8	801 Mineral Spring St	Orrville	44667	Wayne County	Orrville City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 682-1791	462	30	15.4	54.3%	338 (73.2%)	18 (3.9%)	58 (12.6%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (9.1%)	68	348^th of 1046 public middle schools	66.7%		71.3	306^th of 1036 public middle schools	70.5%	42	77.2	65.2	70.3	61.7	69.2	59.1	74.3	56.1	66.7	67.8	100.0	$13,390
Dalton Middle School	Public	5-8	250 N Church St	Dalton	44618	Wayne County	Dalton Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 828-2405	277	14	20.2	76.5%	250 (90.3%)	3 (1.1%)	16 (5.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.5%)	87.9	71^st of 1046 public middle schools	93.2%		85.2	115^th of 1036 public middle schools	88.9%	44	88.7	96.7	93.4	85.3	73.2	89.8	87.3	66.7	81.7	80.3	100.0	$11,893
Green Middle School	Public	6-8	200 Smithie Drive	Smithville	44677	Wayne County	Green Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 669-3165	254	16	16.3		223 (87.8%)	1 (0.4%)	20 (7.9%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	71	321^st of 1046 public middle schools	69.3%		74	277^th of 1036 public middle schools	73.3%	44		78.2		58.3	53.7	79.0		59.1	64.2	71.8	100.0	$12,061
Norwayne Middle School	Public	6-8	350 S Main St	Creston	44217	Wayne County	Norwayne Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 435-1195	310	19	16.2		291 (93.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.2%)	81.4	162^nd of 1046 public middle schools	84.5%		91.7	34^th of 1036 public middle schools	96.7%	128		91.3		59.6	86.0	83.1		55.4	91.2	71.3	100.0	$11,858
Waynedale Middle School	Public	6-8	9052 Dover Rd	Apple Creek	44606	Wayne County	Waynedale Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 698-3151	0	11	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	60.7	447^th of 1046 public middle schools	57.3%		56.2	496^th of 1036 public middle schools	52.1%	49		73.7		65.8	48.7	23.7		52.7	75.3	68.4	89.5	$14,858
Triway Middle School	Public	6-8	3205 Shreve Rd	Wooster	44691	Wayne County	Triway Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 264-8685	364	16	22.7		342 (94.0%)	2 (0.5%)	14 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	73.1	280^th of 1046 public middle schools	73.2%		80.2	180^th of 1036 public middle schools	82.6%	100		79.8		66.1	62.7	70.5		60.6	65.5	66.9	100.0	$10,730
Rittman Middle School	Public	6-8	50 Saurer St	Rittman	44270	Wayne County	Rittman Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 927-7100	190	18	10.3		179 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.7%)	66.7	370^th of 1046 public middle schools	64.6%		69	346^th of 1036 public middle schools	66.6%	24		80.6		54.4	55.6	67.3		55.9	57.8	71.0	100.0	$12,279
Edgewood Middle School	Public	5-7	2695 Graustark Path	Wooster	44691	Wayne County	Wooster City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 345-6475	704	43	16.4	51.3%	601 (85.4%)	17 (2.4%)	28 (4.0%)	8 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (7.1%)	65.2	389^th of 1046 public middle schools	62.8%		67.6	357^th of 1036 public middle schools	65.5%	32	71.3		57.1	54.5	68.5		68.7	53.1	69.7			$14,838
Northwestern Middle School	Public	6-8	7569 N Elyria Rd	West Salem	44287	Wayne County	Northwestern Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 846-3974	284	19	15.0	45.8%	265 (93.3%)	2 (0.7%)	9 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	78.7	199^th of 1046 public middle schools	81.0%		69.4	343^rd of 1036 public middle schools	66.9%	144		88.2		68.0	62.4	64.3		66.0	81.2	72.3	100.0	$12,962

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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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