Summary:
Fairbanks Local in Ohio contains just one middle school: Fairbanks Middle School, a grades 6–8 building at 11158 State Route 38 in Milford Center serving about 245 students — roughly 80 per grade. Because it is the only middle school in the district, this is a detailed profile of a single building rather than a comparison among several local options.
That profile is exceptionally strong. Fairbanks Middle School ranked 64th out of 1,046 Ohio middle schools in 2025–26 — the 94th percentile, or the top 6% statewide — and earned five stars in the district rating and in each of the last three years of rank history (92nd, 92nd, and 94th percentile). It outperformed the state average in all 16 subject, grade, and year combinations tested, by an average margin of roughly 27 percentage points. 8th grade science reached 94.1%, Algebra I hit 100% in both years, and 6th grade English Language Arts posted the largest single-year gain, up 11.4 points.
Two areas are worth watching. Mathematics averages about 10 points below English Language Arts within the school, and 7th grade declined in both subjects — math down 7.2 points and ELA down 4.2 — the only two declines in the file. For context, chronic absenteeism is 7.9%, well below the district's 11.5%, and 21.22% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Keep in mind that the spending figure dates to 2018–19, and that the perfect Algebra I score reflects an accelerated subset of students rather than the entire building.
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