Middle Schools in Sylvania Schools

There are three middle schools in Sylvania Schools, all serving grades 6–8: Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School (607 students), Sylvania Mccord Junior High School (581 students), and Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School (573 students). Combined enrollment is about 1,761, and the three schools are so close in size that enrollment is unlikely to explain their different results. The district itself ranks 177 of 773 Ohio districts — the 77th percentile — with 4 stars, so families are choosing among generally strong schools.

Sylvania Mccord Junior High School is the overall leader: the highest rank (80th percentile in 2025–26), the lowest chronic absenteeism at 9.6% compared with the district's 15.2%, the lowest free/reduced lunch rate at 21.51%, and the highest core proficiency average at 71.7%. Its clear weak spot is 8th grade math, which dropped from 62.1% to 49.6% — below both district and state. Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School is the steadiest performer, leading in 8th grade science at 80.6% and 6th grade ELA at 77.5%, with ranks holding in the 76th–78th percentile range and absenteeism at 14.2%.

Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School faces the biggest headwinds — the highest free/reduced lunch rate (43.8%) and chronic absenteeism (23.2%), and the lowest core proficiency average (63.0%). It has slipped from 4 stars to 3 stars, but it also shows real progress: 8th grade math jumped from 45.3% to 62.1%, above district and state, and it has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 15.0. Notably, Algebra I EOC proficiency was 100% at all three schools in 2025–26, and the schools beat state averages in nearly every listed subject.