Best Middle Schools in Ohio

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 1036)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
261	Wapakoneta Middle School	Public	5-7	400 W Harrison St	Wapakoneta	45895	Auglaize County	Wapakoneta City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 739-5100	614	29	21.2	47.1%	576 (93.8%)	3 (0.5%)	12 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.4%)	$12,403							75.3	75.6	247	14		390449801898
262	Newton High School	Public	7-12	201 N Long St	Pleasant Hill	45359	Miami County	Newton Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 676-2002	291	18	15.9	49.1%	280 (96.2%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	$14,566							75.2	85.9	109	153		390486303323
263	Van Buren Middle School	Public	6-8	3775 Shroyer Rd	Kettering	45429	Montgomery County	Kettering City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 499-1800	598	40	14.7	40.8%	468 (78.3%)	31 (5.2%)	39 (6.5%)	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	46 (7.7%)	$14,944							75.1	74.9	258	5		390441801114
264	Benjamin Logan Middle School	Public	5-8	4626 County Road 26	Bellefontaine	43311	Logan County	Benjamin Logan Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 599-2386	496	29	17.1	41.9%	470 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.6%)	$10,421							75	78.6	215	49		390480703103
265	Wapakoneta Junior High	Public	7-8	1 Redskin Trl	Wapakoneta	45895	Auglaize County	Wapakoneta City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 739-2900	219	9	24.2		207 (94.5%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (2.7%)	$3,825							75	70	331	66		390449805636
266	Danbury Middle School	Public	6-8	9451 E Harbor Rd	Lakeside Marblehead	43440	Ottawa County	Danbury Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 798-5185	115	7	16.4		107 (93.0%)	1 (0.9%)	4 (3.5%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	$20,890							74.9	74.8	260	6		390489305486
267	Beaver Local Middle School	Public	5-8	46088 Bell School Rd	East Liverpool	43920	Columbiana County	Beaver Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(330) 386-8700	558	28	19.9		542 (97.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.0%)	$9,998							74.6	81.2	176	91		390464202546
268	Tuscarawas Middle School	Public	6-8	261 School St	Tuscarawas	44682	Tuscarawas County	Indian Valley Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 922-4226	397	24	16.8		393 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.0%)	$11,425							74.5	73.8	275	7		390502803902
269	Brunswick Middle School	Public	6-8	1483 Pearl Rd	Brunswick	44212	Medina County	Brunswick City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 273-0500	1,375	78	17.6	29.5%	1,195 (86.9%)	28 (2.0%)	61 (4.4%)	27 (2.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	63 (4.6%)	$12,644							74.3	74	271	2		390436604330
270	Shawnee Middle School/High School	Public	7-12	1675 E Possum Rd	Springfield	45502	Clark County	Clark-Shawnee Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 717-2402	667	41	16.2	51.6%	542 (81.3%)	45 (6.7%)	21 (3.1%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (7.9%)	$14,503							74.3	70.9	313	43		390462802502

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Ohio State Tests Mathematics, Ohio State Tests English Language Arts, Ohio State Tests Science test scores released by the Ohio Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on September 17, 2025, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Ohio Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Ohio Department of Education.
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Educational resources:

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.