Summary:
Kenston Local contains a single middle school — Kenston Middle School in Chagrin Falls, Ohio — which enrolls 772 students and is listed as serving grades 4–7, making it the only middle-level option for families in the Kenston Local district and the sole driver of the district's middle-level results.
The school is a standout performer. Kenston Local ranks 24th of 773 Ohio districts (97th percentile, 5 stars), and Kenston Middle School climbed from 29th to 19th of 1,046 ranked schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the top 2% statewide and earning 5 stars for three straight years. Every reported Ohio State Test result beats the state average, with an overall school proficiency average around 87.0% versus roughly 59.7% for Ohio — a gap of about 27.3 percentage points. Mathematics is particularly strong: Math 8 reached 100% proficient in both years, Math 4 and Math 6 hit 90.7%, and the lowest math result, Math 7 at 77.9%, still sits 29.3 points above the state. ELA scores range from 83.3% to 89.7%. One caveat: the school is listed as grades 4–7 yet reports 8th-grade math, so those 100% results may reflect an advanced or subset group rather than the full grade.
Beyond test scores, chronic absenteeism is 6.1% at the school versus 8.9% in the district, free/reduced-price lunch participation is 11.53%, the student-teacher ratio is 14.3, and per-student spending was $12,720 in 2018–2019. Year over year, most scores held steady or improved, with Science 5 the notable decline (91.1% to 83.3%, still 20.6 points above the state). Because school and district values are identical on every test except Math 8, district middle-level performance essentially mirrors this one school.
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