Summary:
Middle schools in Indian Creek Local, a district in Mingo Junction, Ohio, serve grades 5 through 8 across two schools: Indian Creek Middle School Grades 5 & 6, with 260 students, and Indian Creek Middle School Grades 7 & 8, with 249 students. Together they enroll 509 middle-grade students. The district ranks 345 out of 773 Ohio districts — the 55th percentile — with 3 stars.
Academically, the clearest standout is Algebra I at the Grades 7 & 8 school: 100% proficient in both years, far above the state's 61.6% and 59.4%. But Algebra I is typically taken by accelerated students, so it does not represent the whole school. General grade-level results trail the state — in 2025–2026, all ten general tests at both schools were below Ohio proficiency, with the largest gap in Grade 7 Math (29.1% vs. 48.6%, 19.5 points below). Two bright spots appeared in 2024–2025: Grade 5 ELA at 86.2% vs. 67.7% statewide, and Grade 8 Math at 53.8% vs. 47.6%. Grade 6 Math improved most year over year, from 20.8% to 44.7%, still 11.5 points below state.
Chronic absenteeism is a serious concern, especially at the Grades 7 & 8 school at 41.9%, which is 5.9 points above the district's 36.0%; the Grades 5 & 6 school sits at 35.8%, roughly in line with the district. Resources are similar — student-teacher ratios of 16.5 and 15.1 and 2018–2019 per-student spending of $7,216 and $7,156 — so they do not explain the differences. The district's 3-star, 55th-percentile rank contrasts with the Grades 7 & 8 school's own 2-star history in each of the last three years. Free/reduced lunch data is not reported for either school, and spending figures are outdated.
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