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
231	Claggett Middle School	Public	6-8	420 E Union St	Medina	44256	Medina County	Medina City School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 636-3600	724	46	15.6	34.1%	599 (82.7%)	40 (5.5%)	34 (4.7%)	8 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.8%)	$13,684							77.2	79.4	200	31		390443801307
232	Kimpton Middle School	Public	7-8	380 N River Rd	Munroe Falls	44262	Summit County	Stow-Munroe Falls City School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(330) 689-5288	773	36	21.5	33.5%	621 (80.3%)	55 (7.1%)	24 (3.1%)	35 (4.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (4.8%)	$10,945							77.1	71.4	301	69		390448301716
233	Olmsted Falls Middle School	Public	6-8	27045 Bagley Rd	Olmsted Falls	44138	Cuyahoga County	Olmsted Falls City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(440) 427-6200	747	50	15	25.8%	653 (87.4%)	21 (2.8%)	41 (5.5%)	20 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.6%)	$14,697							77.1	77.6	222	11		390465702596
234	Ashland Middle School	Public	6-8	1520 King Rd	Ashland	44805	Ashland County	Ashland City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 289-7966	694	44	15.7	49.6%	632 (91.1%)	12 (1.7%)	17 (2.4%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (4.3%)	$11,917							77	70.3	321	87		390435000076
235	Shawnee Middle School	Public	5-8	3235 Zurmehly Rd	Lima	45806	Allen County	Shawnee Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 998-8057	712	39	18.2	40.2%	576 (80.9%)	36 (5.1%)	28 (3.9%)	16 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	53 (7.4%)	$12,392							77	81.6	166	69		390457902346
236	East Muskingum Middle School	Public	4-8	13120 John Glenn School Rd	New Concord	43762	Muskingum County	East Muskingum Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 826-7631	523	26	20.3		497 (95.0%)	4 (0.8%)	7 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.3%)	$9,002							76.7	82.8	153	83		390488303415
237	Greeneview High School	Public	8-12	4710 Cottonville Rd	Jamestown	45335	Greene County	Greeneview Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 675-9711	405	27	15	44.2%	374 (92.3%)	4 (1.0%)	11 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.0%)	$13,190							76.7	76.2	236	1		390472602822
238	Herman K Ankeney Middle School	Public	6-8	4085 Shakertown Rd	Beavercreek	45430	Greene County	Beavercreek City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 429-7567	799	43	18.4	26.5%	659 (82.5%)	25 (3.1%)	48 (6.0%)	33 (4.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (4.1%)	$11,714							76.7	79	211	27		390472402814
239	Harding Middle School	Public	5-8	2002 Sunset Blvd	Steubenville	43952	Jefferson County	Steubenville City	No	(n/a)	No	No	(740) 282-3481	793	48	16.5		421 (53.1%)	223 (28.1%)	33 (4.2%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	108 (13.6%)	$8,693							76.6	87.9	85	154		390448201707
240	Taylor Middle School	Public	5-8	56 Cooper Road	Cleves	45002	Hamilton County	Three Rivers Local	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(513) 467-3500	599	32	18.7	33.4%	524 (87.5%)	7 (1.2%)	23 (3.8%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (7.0%)	$3,878							76.6	69.7	334	94		390473905993

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