Middle Schools in Springfield City School District

Springfield City School District has three middle schools serving grades 7–8 — Roosevelt Middle School, Hayward Middle School, and Schaefer Middle School — with a combined enrollment of 1,065 students. Roosevelt is the largest at 413 students, followed by Hayward at 367 and Schaefer at 285. The broader Springfield City School District context is weak: it ranks 704th of 773 districts in Ohio, at the 9th percentile with 0 stars. Free and reduced-lunch percentages are not available in this data, and resources figures come from 2018–2019.

Among the three, Roosevelt is the strongest relative performer. It holds the best 2025–2026 rank (854 of 1,046, 18th percentile, 1 star), the lowest chronic absenteeism (35.2%), the highest 8th-grade English Language Arts proficiency (38.3%), and the highest Algebra I End-of-Course proficiency (100%). Hayward is the weakest overall: 943 of 1,046, 10th percentile, 0 stars, the highest absenteeism (46.3%), and generally the lowest non-Algebra scores — though it does post a notable 76.9% in Algebra I and the best 8th-grade math result among the three at 14.3%. Schaefer is mixed: smallest enrollment, lowest student-teacher ratio (10.9), the top 7th-grade math score (28.2%), but also the lowest 8th-grade math (6.5%) and 8th-grade ELA (17.0%), plus a steep Algebra I drop from 69.2% to 42.9%.

In core subjects, all three remain far below state averages: 8th-grade science ranges from 21.2% to 24.6% against the state's 61.2%, and 8th-grade math from 6.5% to 14.3% against 52.0%. The high Algebra I results exceed the district's 31.6% but likely reflect a smaller, selective group of test-takers rather than the full 8th-grade class. Chronic absenteeism tracks with weaker outcomes — Hayward 46.3%, Schaefer 44.6%, Roosevelt 35.2% — and even the lowest figure sits slightly above the district rate of 34.7%. Per-student spending does not line up simply with results: Hayward spent the most in 2018–2019 ($8,153) yet ranks lowest, while Roosevelt spent the least ($7,302) and performs best.