Summary:
In Benjamin Logan Local, there is one middle school, Benjamin Logan Middle School, serving grades 5–8 with 496 students in Bellefontaine, Ohio. The school earned a 4-star rating in 2025–2026 and ranked 285 out of 1,046 middle schools, placing in the 73rd percentile; the district overall was rated 3 stars at the 60th percentile. Its chronic absenteeism rate was 8.4%, below the district’s 12.0%. Other context includes 41.94% free/reduced lunch participation, a 17.1:1 student–teacher ratio, and per-student spending of $10,429 from 2018–2019, which is dated.
Academically, the school is strong. In both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, every reported Ohio State Tests proficiency score was above the state average. Algebra I was 100% proficient in both years, far above the district’s 68.1% and the state’s 61.6%; this may reflect a select group of advanced students. The largest 2025–2026 advantages over the state were Algebra I (+38.4 points), 8th-grade Science (+21.2), 5th-grade Science (+17.8), and 5th-grade Mathematics (+17.0). Across 11 tests, the school averaged about 73.1% proficient versus about 59.0% statewide.
Year-to-year results were mixed. The school improved in 6th-grade English Language Arts (+12.5 points), 5th-grade Mathematics (+7.3), 5th-grade ELA (+7.2), and 8th-grade ELA (+4.7), but declined in 7th-grade Mathematics (-10.2), 7th-grade ELA (-7.2), 8th-grade Mathematics (-5.4), and 5th-grade Science (-2.5). Its percentile rank slipped from 79 to 75 to 73, though it remained a 4-star school. For parents, this is a generally strong school with above-state performance and lower absenteeism than the district; the main areas to watch are 7th-grade math, 7th-grade ELA, and 8th-grade math.
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