Summary:
There is one middle school in Cardington-Lincoln Local: Cardington-Lincoln Middle School, which serves grades 5–8 to 283 students on Chesterville Avenue in Cardington, Ohio. Because it is the only middle school in the district, its grade-level test results are the same as the district's — so the most useful comparisons are against state averages and against the school's own past results.
The results are genuinely mixed, and the differences are inside the building rather than between schools. Grade 8 math is a bright spot at 60.9% proficient, about 9 points above the state's 52%, and the school's Algebra I students reached 100% proficiency against a state rate of 61.6% — though that class is usually a small, advanced group, so read it with care. Grade 5 also stands out, above the state in both science (65.7% vs. 62.7%) and English Language Arts (71.4% vs. 70.4%). On the other side, grade 6 ELA is the clearest weakness at 30% proficient versus 56% statewide, a gap that has persisted across two different groups of students. Grade 5 math (45.7% vs. 59.1%) and grade 8 science (46.6% vs. 61.2%) also trail the state. Averaged together, grade 5 is the strongest grade band at 60.9, while grade 6 is the weakest at 36.7.
Two other points matter for families. The school's state rank slipped from the 52nd percentile in 2023–2024 to the 39th percentile in 2025–2026, though it has leveled off, and it still earns 2 stars — better than its own district's 1-star, 28th-percentile rating. Chronic absenteeism is 14.8%, slightly below the district's 15.5%. Note that year-over-year changes compare different children, not the same students improving, and free/reduced lunch data was not reported, so that context is missing.
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