Summary:
Martins Ferry City in Ohio serves roughly 1,269 students across three schools — one elementary (PK–4), one middle (5–8), and one high school (9–12) — with no alternative school reported. At the district level, Martins Ferry City ranks 459 out of 773 districts, placing it in the 41st percentile with 2 stars. That single district number, however, hides very different pictures: the elementary and middle schools rank at or above the 50th percentile among their school-type peers, while the high school ranks in the lower third.
Anna Marie Ayers Elementary School is the strongest by state rank, at 691 out of 1,560 elementary schools — the 56th percentile with 3 stars, a rating it has held for three years. Its 3rd grade results lead the state: math 77.5% vs. 62.1% and ELA 74.6% vs. 63.4%. But 4th grade sits below state in both math (66% vs. 67.3%) and ELA (56.7% vs. 61.8%), and its chronic absenteeism of 27.1% is the highest of the three schools. Martins Ferry Middle School is the district's most improved, rising from the 42nd to the 50th percentile and from 2 to 3 stars. Science is strong in both 5th (75.3% vs. 62.7%) and 8th grade (70.9% vs. 61.2%), and middle school Algebra I hit 83.3% (96.2% the prior year). The glaring exception is 8th grade math, at just 11.1% versus 52% statewide. Its absenteeism, 20.8%, is the district's lowest.
Martins Ferry High School ranks in the 31st percentile with 2 stars, down from the 41st percentile. It offers bright spots — a 93.5% graduation rate, the lowest student-teacher ratio (11.8), and American History proficiency of 84.3% vs. 73.2% statewide — but falls below state in English II (48.6% vs. 62.7%), Geometry (34.1% vs. 43.3%, up sharply from 12.8%), Biology (57.7% vs. 67%), and American Government (63.2% vs. 71.6%). Notably, 99.13% of its students qualify for free/reduced lunch.
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