Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Middle

Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Middle is a middle school in Lorain, Ohio, serving grades 5–8 with 102 students, and it operates as its own district in state data even though it sits among the Lorain City and nearby suburban schools of Lorain County.

In 2025–2026 the school ranked 980th of 1,046 Ohio middle schools — the 6th percentile — with 0 stars, and its district ranked 753rd of 773. That is the lowest rank in its immediate comparison group: nearby Longfellow Middle School sits at the 16th percentile, General Johnnie Wilson Middle School at the 12th, and Southview Middle School at the 8th, while suburban schools are far higher — Avon Middle School at the 92nd percentile, Troy Intermediate Elementary School in the high-performing Avon Lake City district at the 93rd percentile, and Amherst Junior High School at the 76th. The trend is a long decline: 39th percentile in 2015–2016, 27th in 2020–2022, and 6th now, with star ratings falling from 2 stars to 0.

Every 2025–2026 proficiency rate was below the state average, with most in the 5–25% range — including just 4.8% in grade 7 English language arts and 9.5% in grade 7 math — compared with 65–90% at nearby suburban schools. Chronic absenteeism was 53.7%, and more than half of students have been chronically absent for five straight years, in line with the Lorain City district's 56.5% but far above Avon Middle's 11.0% and Troy Intermediate's 13.3%. Subgroup results are mostly bottom-quartile, and 5th grade is sometimes a relative bright spot. Staffing (18.3 students per teacher in 2024–2025) is mid-range locally, spending data are only available for 2018–2019 ($6,988 per student), and free/reduced-lunch figures are missing, limiting recent comparisons.