Summary:
Springfield Local is home to exactly one middle-level school, Springfield Middle School, a grades 6–8 campus with 761 students located at 7001 Madison Ave in Holland, Ohio, just outside Toledo. Because there is only one middle school in the Springfield Local district, families have no in-district peer to compare against — the meaningful comparisons are to state averages and to the school's own results across grades and years. Data vintages also differ: test scores are from 2024–25 and 2025–26, while the $8,213 per-student spending figure dates to 2018–19 and should not be read as current funding.
Eighth grade is the clear strength. All three 8th grade subjects beat the state in 2025–26 — math 70% vs 52%, science 71.9% vs 61.2%, and ELA 61.4% vs 58.3% — and all three improved year over year, with math jumping 15.2 points. Algebra I hit 100% proficient, roughly 38 points above the state, though that reflects a small, selected group taking the course early rather than an entire grade. The school's state rank has also climbed steadily, from the 52nd to the 55th percentile while holding 3 stars each year.
The lower grades are where attention is needed. Sixth grade math (46.1%), 6th grade ELA (46.9%), and 7th grade math (43.3%) all trail the state, with 7th grade math the lowest score reported and essentially flat. Sixth grade ELA slipped 4.0 points while the state gained 1.5, widening that gap sharply. Chronic absenteeism stands at 25.0%, above the district's 23.2%, and nearly nine in ten students qualify for free or reduced lunch. No attendance trend or same-student growth data is provided, so it is not possible to say whether the strong 8th grade results reflect instruction or simply a different group of students.
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