Summary:
Madison-Plains Local, a district in the London, Ohio area (Madison County), operates two middle-level schools — Madison-Plains Intermediate School serving grades 4–6 with 269 students and Madison-Plains Junior High serving grades 7–8 with 169 students — together forming a continuous grade 4–8 pathway of 438 students.
As a district, Madison-Plains Local sits at the 66th percentile statewide (3 stars), and in 2025-2026, 12 of 13 reported school-level test results beat the state average. Madison-Plains Junior High has the highest ceilings but the sharpest recent decline: Algebra I reached 100% proficiency in both years against a state rate near 60%, and 8th grade science came in at 74% (+12.8 points over state). But nearly everything else fell — 8th grade math dropped 17.4 points to 48.2%, the only result below state and the largest drop in the file — and the school slipped from 81st percentile (4 stars) to 64th percentile (3 stars). Its chronic absenteeism (15.1%) is only marginally better than the district's 15.6%.
Madison-Plains Intermediate School is the school trending upward, improving on 5 of 7 tested measures: 6th grade math jumped 19.1 points to 64.7% and 5th grade science rose 9.5 points to 72%. Its 4th grade ELA (74.2%) is 12.4 points above state and stable year over year, and its chronic absenteeism (12.5%) is the lowest reported here — all while 98.88% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Staffing is similar at both buildings (17.9 vs. 18.7 students per teacher). The takeaway for families: ELA and science are consistent strengths, and 8th grade math at the Junior High is the clearest priority.
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