Summary:
Perkins Local has one middle school, Briar Middle School, serving grades 6–8 with 413 students in Sandusky, OH; because it is the only middle school in Perkins Local, the most useful comparisons are between the school, the district, the state, and its own prior-year results.
In 2025–2026, Briar was above the Ohio state average in 8th-grade science (75.7% vs. 61.2%), 6th-grade math (60.2% vs. 56.2%), 8th-grade math (58.3% vs. 52.0%), 7th-grade ELA (73.1% vs. 62.7%), 8th-grade ELA (62.9% vs. 58.3%), and Algebra I (95.7% vs. 61.6%). Algebra I was 97.4% in 2024–2025, and Geometry was 100% that year. The clear watch areas are 7th-grade math (39.6% in 2025–2026, still below the state’s 48.6%, though up from 28.6% in 2024–2025) and 6th-grade ELA, which fell from 64.9% to 53.3% and moved from above the state to below it. 8th-grade science also slipped from 82.1% to 75.7%, but remains well above the state.
Briar’s rank improved from 451 out of 1046 in 2023–2024 to 412 out of 1046 in 2025–2026, with percentile rising from 57 to 61; it still holds 3 stars. The district is ranked 332 out of 773 Ohio districts, in the 57th percentile with 3 stars. Chronic absenteeism is 8.7% at Briar versus 11.9% in the district, which is a positive sign. About 31.48% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025, and the student-teacher ratio was 16.7:1. Per-student spending was $9,350 in 2018–2019, but that figure is outdated. Overall, Briar appears generally above average, with exceptional advanced math results and better-than-district attendance, while 7th-grade math and the 6th-grade ELA decline are the main academic concerns.
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