Coshocton Middle School

Coshocton Middle School in Coshocton, Ohio, serves grades 6–8 as part of the Coshocton City district, but enrollment and several resource figures are not reported, making it a mid-pack, 3-star school that nonetheless performs above its district’s overall profile.

Academically, the school shows real strengths in 6th-grade math (71.6% proficient, 15.4 points above the state), 8th-grade science (67.6%, 6.4 points above), and Algebra I (93.1%, 31.5 points above). The Algebra I result, however, likely reflects a small, selected group of advanced test-takers, since nearby schools report similarly high scores. The clearest weaknesses are in English language arts, where the school scores below the state in all three grades (46.4, 55.3, and 55.0), and in 7th-grade math, which drops sharply from 71.6% in 6th grade to 39.5% in 7th. Chronic absenteeism is 25.0%, far higher than higher-rated neighbors such as East Muskingum Middle School (14.1%), Tri-Valley Middle School (17.8%), and Ridgewood Middle School (8.7%), though lower than Cambridge Middle School (28.6%).

One notable bright spot is how the school serves higher-need students: its special-education subgroup ranks at the 73rd percentile (4 stars) and its low-income subgroup at the 65th percentile (3 stars), both above the school’s overall 50th-percentile, 3-star standing. Compared with Ridgewood Middle School, just 4.94 miles away, Coshocton Middle School is lower-ranked overall and has much higher absenteeism, but its 6th-grade math and 8th-grade science results are competitive. The bottom line for parents: this is a school that punches above its district and has strong advanced-track and higher-need supports, but it needs attention on literacy across all grades, the 6th-to-7th-grade math transition, and attendance.