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Bellefontaine Middle School

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Bellefontaine Middle School ranks 508 th of 1046 Ohio middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 6-8

508^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,046 Ohio Middle Schools

Better than 51% of Ohio middle schools

Summary

Bellefontaine Middle School in Bellefontaine, OH, is a public middle school serving grades 6–8 with 465 students as part of the Bellefontaine City district, where 52.04% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025 and 24.0% were chronically absent in 2025–2026. In 2025–2026 it ranked 508th of 1,046 Ohio schools—51st percentile, 3 stars—below most nearby middle schools, including Indian Lake Middle School, West Liberty-Salem Middle School, Benjamin Logan Middle School, Triad Middle School, and Graham Middle School, but above Urbana Junior High School. This is a recent softening: from 2022–2023 through 2024–2025, it was between the 59th and 64th percentile.

Academically, Bellefontaine exceeds the state in 6th grade math (64.7% vs. 56.2%), 7th grade math (58.4% vs. 48.6%), 8th grade science (66.4% vs. 61.2%), and Algebra I (92.5% vs. 61.6%). But 8th grade math is 37.8%, below the state’s 52.0% and lowest among nearby middle schools, while ELA is below the state in all three grades: 6th 49.7% vs. 56.0%, 7th 58.8% vs. 62.7%, and 8th 56.6% vs. 58.3%. Chronic absenteeism is the clearest difference from higher-performing nearby schools: Bellefontaine’s 24.0% is higher than Benjamin Logan Middle School (8.4%), Creekview Intermediate Elementary School (9.4%), West Liberty-Salem Middle School (11.7%), Indian Lake Middle School (11.9%), and Triad Middle School (12.8%), and the district rate is 25.4%. Attendance has improved from 36.3% in 2021–2022.

Positive signs: the student-teacher ratio was 15.5 in 2024–2025, special education improved from the 14th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 34th in 2025–2026, and gifted and talented students rank at the 69th percentile. Most instructive is Indian Lake Middle School: it serves a similar free/reduced lunch rate (52.93%) yet ranks at the 85th percentile with 11.9% chronic absenteeism, showing demographics alone do not determine outcomes. West Liberty-Salem Middle School ranks at the 86th percentile and Benjamin Logan Middle School at the 73rd. Bellefontaine’s 8th grade math fell from 52.2% to 37.8% and 8th grade science from 73.2% to 66.4%, so recent trends are worth monitoring.

465

Students ?

15.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,922

Per pupil spending ?

52.0%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

1201 Ludlow Rd
Bellefontaine, OH 43311-9229

(937) 593-9010

District: Bellefontaine City

Students who attend Bellefontaine Middle School usually attend:

High:

Bellefontaine High School

Feeder schools for Bellefontaine Middle School:

Elementary:	Bellefontaine Elementary School
	Bellefontaine Intermediate School

Racial breakdown:

White:

80.2%

Two or more races:

10.5%

Hispanic:

4.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 64th percentile in 2016 → 51st in 2026

Strengths

✓Above the Ohio median (51st percentile)

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 13 percentile points since 2016

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school61%

District avg59%

Ohio avg57%

508^th of 1,046

Ohio public middle schools ?

Top 49%▼ down 12 pts since 2016

From top 36% (2016) to top 49% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

442^nd of 773Bellefontaine City among Ohio districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	56.1	508 of 1046	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2025	64.6	400 of 1036	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	67.4	376 of 1046	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	63.3	429 of 1048	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.5	421 of 1017	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	63.6	413 of 1037	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	65.6	401 of 1050	61.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	64.2	406 of 1010	59.8%	★★★☆☆
2017	70.1	328 of 1038	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2016	67.0	379 of 1050	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2015	60.6	477 of 1035	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2014	54.3	617 of 1008	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2013	66.9	442 of 1001	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2012	60.8	529 of 989	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2011	57.2	545 of 925	41.1%	★★☆☆☆
2010	51.5	588 of 895	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2009	60.8	438 of 858	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2008	59.2	436 of 835	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2007	47.1	558 of 837	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2006	55.5	419 of 732	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2005	46.2	448 of 692	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2004	31.1	323 of 400	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2022	33.5	382 of 565	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.6	348 of 576	39.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.9	481 of 658	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.6	551 of 643	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	55.3	462 of 947	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2025	65.7	353 of 938	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	68.1	310 of 942	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.5	435 of 943	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	51.2	496 of 925	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	59.1	412 of 910	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	63.0	406 of 917	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	65.9	321 of 897	64.2%	★★★☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	65.0	57 of 186	69.4%	★★★★☆
2025	58.5	100 of 194	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	70.2	84 of 521	83.9%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	54.4	486 of 996	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2025	60.6	400 of 983	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.6	331 of 989	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.3	420 of 974	56.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	60.4	352 of 947	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	44.8	524 of 923	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	63.8	345 of 945	63.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	57.1	436 of 924	52.8%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	51.2	499 of 955	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	58.6	422 of 954	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.0	387 of 958	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.9	378 of 963	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	63.7	340 of 946	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	59.6	385 of 924	58.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	65.1	350 of 933	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.3	438 of 916	52.2%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	44.4	149 of 260	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	60.6	108 of 263	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	59.6	97 of 254	61.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	60.1	95 of 245	61.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.9	122 of 239	49.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	48.4	114 of 219	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	61.2	83 of 206	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	53.5	100 of 205	51.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	32.1	385 of 579	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	27.1	453 of 572	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.6	482 of 563	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.4	466 of 590	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Ohio percentile	Rating
2026	40.2	506 of 790	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	49.3	421 of 777	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	55.0	371 of 795	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	50.3	432 of 805	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.7	447 of 809	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	50.7	418 of 781	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	55.8	383 of 796	51.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	49.0	415 of 781	46.9%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Gifted and Talented (2026)69th percentile+18 vs school

Female (2026)51st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)51st percentile~ school

Male (2026)48th percentile-4 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)43rd percentile-9 vs school

White (2026)36th percentile-15 vs school

Special Education (2026)34th percentile-18 vs school

Disabled (2022)32nd percentile-26 vs school

By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?

Algebra I92%+31 vs state

Science66%+5 vs state

English Language Arts55%-4 vs state

Mathematics54%~ state avg

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Ohio State Tests Science (2026)		Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2026)				Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2026)				Ohio State Tests Biology (2026)	Ohio State Tests Algebra I (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 5th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Biology End of Course	Ohio State Tests Algebra I End of Course	Total
Bellefontaine Middle School	Public	6-8	1201 Ludlow Rd	Bellefontaine	43311	Logan County	Bellefontaine City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 593-9010	465	30	15.5	52.0%	373 (80.2%)	15 (3.2%)	22 (4.7%)	5 (1.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (10.5%)	56.1	508^th of 1046 public middle schools	51.4%		64.6	400^th of 1036 public middle schools	61.4%	108		66.4		64.7	58.4	37.8		49.7	58.8	56.6		92.5	$11,922
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%)	72.6	285^th of 1046 public middle schools	72.8%		75	264^th of 1036 public middle schools	74.5%	21	80.5	82.4	76.1	67.1	54.5	57.4	78.8	68.6	66.9	72.3		100.0	$10,421
West Liberty-Salem Middle School	Public	6-8	7208 Us Highway 68 N	West Liberty	43357	Logan County	West Liberty-Salem Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 465-1060	282	15	19.4	—	261 (92.6%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.3%)	82.6	146^th of 1046 public middle schools	86.0%		82.6	146^th of 1036 public middle schools	85.9%			91.3		79.3	41.8	84.0		80.5	81.7	81.1	100.0	100.0	$11,814
Indian Lake Middle School	Public	5-8	8920 County Road 91	Lewistown	43333	Logan County	Indian Lake Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 686-8833	393	25	15.7	52.9%	356 (90.6%)	3 (0.8%)	9 (2.3%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.1%)	81.9	155^th of 1046 public middle schools	85.2%		83.8	131^st of 1036 public middle schools	87.4%	24	76.6	79.3	81.3	75.8	69.5	75.4	79.4	64.2	83.2	73.9		100.0	$13,747
Triad Middle School	Public	5-8	7941 Brush Lake Rd	North Lewisburg	43060	Champaign County	Triad Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 826-3071	233	14	17.0	50.2%	208 (89.3%)	4 (1.7%)	8 (3.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	11 (4.7%)	68.8	340^th of 1046 public middle schools	67.5%		65.5	388^th of 1036 public middle schools	62.5%	48	69.5	69.2	70.2	63.3	58.3	73.2	81.4	61.7	74.5	51.9			$12,769
Urbana Junior High School	Public	6-8	1673 S Us Highway 68	Urbana	43078	Champaign County	Urbana City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(937) 653-1439	387	24	16.1	63.0%	320 (82.7%)	18 (4.7%)	13 (3.4%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.8%)	45.6	622^nd of 1046 public middle schools	40.5%		45.8	597^th of 1036 public middle schools	42.4%	25		60.9		48.3	56.0	39.0		37.4	56.6	48.2		85.3	$12,820
Graham Middle School	Public	6-8	9644 Us Highway 36	Saint Paris	43072	Champaign County	Graham Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 663-5339	362	17	21.2	45.9%	336 (92.8%)	2 (0.6%)	10 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.9%)	66.5	372^nd of 1046 public middle schools	64.4%		74.2	273^rd of 1036 public middle schools	73.6%	99		68.8		71.8	51.0	55.4		57.1	71.0	62.8		100.0	$11,148
Creekview Intermediate Elementary School	Public	5-6	2000 Creekview Dr	Marysville	43040	Union County	Marysville Exempted Village	No	(n/a)	No	No	(937) 642-1154	846	44	19.3	24.1%	662 (78.3%)	25 (3.0%)	78 (9.2%)	37 (4.4%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	40 (4.7%)								(n/a)	78.4		67.0	69.3			81.4	69.5					$10,259

Frequently Asked Questions about Bellefontaine Middle School

How many students attend Bellefontaine Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 465 students attended Bellefontaine Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Bellefontaine Middle School?

Students at Bellefontaine Middle School are 80% White, 11% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic, 3% African American, 1% Asian.

Is Bellefontaine Middle School a good school?

Bellefontaine Middle School ranks 508^th of 1046 Ohio middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

What high school do graduates of Bellefontaine Middle School attend?

Students who attend Bellefontaine Middle School usually go on to attend Bellefontaine High School

What district is Bellefontaine Middle School in?

Bellefontaine City

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