Summary:
Northridge Local in Ohio has one middle school. Northridge Middle School, located at 2011 Timber Ln in Dayton, serves grades 6–8 with 355 students — about 118 per grade — and a student-teacher ratio of 14.7. In seven of eight tested subjects, the school's results differ from the district's by 1.6 points or less, so this school essentially is the district's middle-grade performance. It ranked 903rd of 1,046 Ohio schools in 2025‑26 (14th percentile, 1 star), after 13th percentile in 2023‑24 and 8th percentile in 2024‑25 — a dip and a partial recovery, not a clear upward trend.
Algebra I is the standout strength: 78.6% of students were proficient in 2025‑26 and 81.3% in 2024‑25, against state rates of 61.6% and 59.4%. It is the only metric where the school beats Ohio. Because middle-school Algebra I is usually a small accelerated group and test-taker counts are not provided, it is unclear whether this reflects instruction or a small cohort. Elsewhere, 8th grade math rose from 4.0% to 21.9% and 6th grade ELA from 19.8% to 33.9% — gains far larger than the state's movement of 4.4 and 1.5 points.
Seven of eight metrics sit 22 to 46 points below the state. Seventh grade math is the deepest weakness at 9.3% proficient — roughly 1 in 11 students — 39.3 points below Ohio and down from 12.7%. Eighth grade science fell to 15.1%, 46.1 points below the state, the largest gap in the data. Chronic absenteeism is 39.2%, above the district's own 36.7%. Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported, so there is no economic context, and the only spending figure, $9,792 per pupil, dates to 2018‑19. The 8th grade math and 6th grade ELA gains are credible, but they arrived alongside declines in 7th grade math, Algebra I, and 8th grade science — so next year's data matters more than this one.
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