Summary:
Rootstown Local in Portage County, Ohio, has just one middle school: Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 229 students at 4190 State Route 44, Rootstown. The Rootstown Local district ranks 319 out of 773 Ohio districts (59th percentile, 3 stars), while the school ranks 453 out of 1,046 middle schools (57th percentile, 3 stars). Because it is the only middle school in the district, it is the sole school-level comparison point for families here.
Its strongest results are in advanced and upper-grade math and science. Algebra I End-of-Course proficiency was 100% in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, far above the district and state, though that course typically serves a smaller advanced group. Mathematics Grade 8 was 73.6% in 2024–2025 and 61.8% in 2025–2026, still above district and state, and Science Grade 8 was 81.7% then 65.7%, also above the state. Mathematics Grade 6 improved from 48.8% to 61.1%, moving above both district and state. Chronic absenteeism is 15.3% in 2025–2026, better than the district's 18.5%.
The main concern is Mathematics Grade 7, at 33.3% in 2024–2025 and 43.3% in 2025–2026 — below the state both years. ELA Grade 8 fell from 66.7% to 56.1%, slipping below the state, and the school's rank percentile declined from 65 to 60 to 57 over three years even as star ratings held at 3. Other context: 40.17% of students received free or reduced lunch in 2024–2025, the student-teacher ratio was 14.3, and per-student spending of $10,066 dates from 2018–2019, so it is historical only.
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