Summary:
Joseph Badger Local contains just one middle school — Badger Middle School — serving grades 5–8 with 168 students at 7119 State Route 7 in Kinsman, Ohio, and its parent district Joseph Badger Local ranks 294th of 773 Ohio districts, in the 62nd percentile with 3 stars.
Academically, Badger Middle is above the state in 9 of 11 tested areas in 2025–2026, but its profile is mixed. Algebra I is the marquee result: 94.4% of test-takers were proficient, far above the district's 52.3% and the state's 61.6%. English language arts is solidly above state in every grade, averaging 66.2% versus 61.9%. Math is uneven — 6th grade shines at 71.1% versus 56.2% statewide, yet 8th grade math sits at 31.3% against the state's 52.0%, a 20.7-point gap and the school's clearest weakness. Science is split: 8th grade is strong at 71.9% versus 61.2% statewide, while 5th grade fell to 52.0%, below the state's 62.7%. Because the school and district figures match on nearly every grade-level test, Badger Middle appears to be the only district school serving these grades, so comparisons are effectively school-to-state.
Looking year over year, several results slipped: 5th grade science dropped from 78% to 52%, 5th grade ELA from 90% to 76%, and 7th grade math from 69.7% to 54.1%. Gains came in 8th grade science (56.5% to 71.9%), 8th grade math (19.4% to 31.3%) and Algebra I (85% to 94.4%). Overall, the school averaged 63.8% proficiency versus the state's 59.0% — still ahead, but by a narrower margin than the prior year's +9.2 points. Chronic absenteeism is 16.6%, better than the district's 19.6%. With roughly 40–45 students per grade, percentages can swing sharply from one cohort to the next.
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