Summary:
Springfield Local serves a single middle-level school — Springfield Intermediate Middle School, a grades 5–8 building with 268 students in New Middletown, Ohio, part of the Springfield Local district (ranked 120 of 773 districts, 4 stars). Because this is the only middle school in the area, there are no in-district peers to compare it to; the meaningful benchmark is the state of Ohio.
By that measure, the school is a standout. It has earned 4 stars for three straight years and ranked 142 of 1,046 Ohio schools in 2025-26 — the 86th percentile, or top 14% statewide. All 21 reported test results across two years beat their state averages, spanning science, math, ELA and Algebra I. In 2025-26 the school averaged 76.9% proficient against 58.7% statewide, a +18.2 point advantage; in 2024-25 that gap was +20.6 points. Notable results include 7th grade ELA at 94.8% (state 62.7%), 6th grade ELA at 80.0% (state 56.0%), and 100% proficiency in Algebra I in 2024-25 (state 59.4%).
Parents should still read single grade-level numbers with care, since results swing sharply from year to year and grade to grade: 7th grade ELA jumped 20.3 points while 8th grade ELA fell 19.4 points, and 8th grade math gained 10.6 points. The school-wide trend is far steadier than those swings — the 10-test average slipped only 0.8 points while the state's rose 1.5. Chronic absenteeism is 10.0%, slightly better than the district's 10.8%, and the student–teacher ratio is 14.1:1. Spending data dates to 2018-19 and free/reduced-lunch figures are unavailable, so resource and economic context is limited.
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