Summary:
Highland Middle School is the only middle school in Highland Local, serving grades 6–8 in Medina, OH, with 824 students. The district is ranked 13th of 773 Ohio districts, in the 98th percentile with a 5-star rating. Because it is the sole middle school, district middle-grade results generally mirror the school’s results, though some End of Course math figures differ.
The school is consistently top-ranked: 28th of 1,046 in 2025–2026, 37th of 1,036 in 2024–2025, and 35th of 1,046 in 2023–2024—top 3% each year with 5 stars. In 2025–2026, every reported test was above the state proficiency rate. Geometry EOC was 100%, Algebra I EOC 96.4%, 8th Grade ELA 91.0%, 8th Grade Science 92.2%, 6th Grade ELA 89.1%, and 7th Grade ELA 89.9%. The lowest core score was 8th Grade Mathematics at 72.4%, still 20.4 percentage points above the state and slightly improved from the prior year.
Year-over-year gains occurred in 6th Grade Math (+5.6 pp), 7th Grade Math (+4.1 pp), 6th Grade ELA (+3.1 pp), 8th Grade ELA (+2.2 pp), and 8th Grade Math (+0.3 pp), with small declines in 8th Grade Science, 7th Grade ELA, and Algebra I. Chronic absenteeism was 9.3% in 2025–2026, compared with 8.3% for the district. Free/reduced-price lunch was 9.59%, and the student–teacher ratio was 25.4. The only spending figure is $8,965 per student from 2018–2019, which is dated. Overall, it is a high-performing school with strong proficiency and a few internal watch points.
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