Summary:
Niles City, Ohio is served by a single middle school — Niles Middle School, located at 411 Brown St, which educates 440 students in grades 6 through 8. Because it is the only middle school in the Niles City district, there is no local peer school to compare it against, and most district-level figures simply repeat the school's own numbers.
Niles Middle School's clearest strengths are in science and in the upper end of math. Algebra I stands out at 100 percent proficiency in both years reported, against a state rate in the low 60s, although this test is typically taken by a small, accelerated group rather than all eighth graders. Eighth grade science rose to 67.9 percent while the state slipped, and seventh grade math (54.2 percent) also beats the state. The school ranks at the 49th percentile statewide, up from the 46th three years earlier, and sits well above its own district's 34th percentile — the middle school is not the drag on district performance.
Parents should know about three real challenges. Sixth and eighth grade math are both roughly nine points below the state and falling, while the state rose sharply in those same grades; English Language Arts is below state in every grade in both years. Chronic absenteeism is 38.7 percent, higher than the district's 35.9 percent, which is a significant headwind for classroom improvement. The school has held a 2-star rating for three consecutive years, and free/reduced lunch data is unreported, so the economic context of the student body cannot be assessed. Per-student spending is also listed at $10,132 from 2018-2019 — far too old to explain current results.
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