Middle Schools in Lebanon City

Middle Schools in Lebanon City consist of two schools — Lebanon Junior High serving grades 7–8 and Berry Intermediate School serving grades 5–6 — enrolling 1,643 students combined in the Lebanon City district, which holds a 4-star rating and ranks 224th of 773 Ohio districts (71st percentile). Because the schools cover different grade bands, their test scores are best read within each building rather than head-to-head, but the contrast in attendance and year-over-year momentum is clear.

Lebanon Junior High posts the single most dramatic result in the data: Algebra I End of Course at 97.6% proficient in 2025–26, which is 18.5 points above the district and 36.0 points above the state. Eighth-grade math (70.5% vs. 52.0% state) and 8th-grade science (69.5% vs. 61.2%) also beat the state, and 7th-grade ELA is above state at 69.6% versus 62.7%. The weak spots are 7th-grade math at 45.8% — below the state's 48.6% and down from 48.2% — and chronic absenteeism at 20.8%, which is 4.3 points above the district's 16.5%. Its percentile rank has slipped from 70 to 67 to 65 over three years while holding a 3-star rating.

Berry Intermediate School is strong across every reported subject, with all five 2025–26 tests above state: 5th-grade ELA 83.0% vs. 70.4%, 5th-grade science 82.7% vs. 62.7%, 5th-grade math 71.6% vs. 59.1%, 6th-grade math 71.5% vs. 56.2%, and 6th-grade ELA 68.5% vs. 56.0%. Its chronic absenteeism of 13.5% is 3.0 points below the district and 7.3 points below Lebanon Junior High. Berry improved in four of five tests year over year; Lebanon Junior High improved in two of six. Demographics and staffing are nearly identical — free/reduced lunch 32.57% vs. 32.82%, student-teacher ratios 20.2 vs. 19.8 — making the attendance and performance differences more notable. Berry's 2018–19 per-student spending was $7,709 versus $6,506, but that figure is dated and should not be treated as current.