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East Middle at PRBerry

Public Grades 6-8
1033rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,046 Ohio Middle Schools
Better than 1% of Ohio middle schools
Summary

East Middle at PRBerry is a public middle school in Youngstown, Ohio, serving grades 6–8 with 298 students as part of the Youngstown City district. In 2025–2026, East Middle at PRBerry ranked 1,033rd of 1,046 Ohio schools — the 1st percentile, with 0 stars — which is lower than the district's own 8th-percentile ranking. That bottom-of-state position is not new: from 2020–2021 through 2025–2026, the school has ranked between the 1st and 3rd percentile every year shown.

Two patterns stand out most for parents. First, chronic absenteeism is severe: 73.6% of students were chronically absent in 2025–2026, compared with 56.7% in the district and the highest rate in the comparison group. The same-district peer Chaney Middle is nearly identical at 72.6%, while Rayen Early College Middle School is 32.1% and Poland Middle School is 10.9%. Second, test proficiency is very low across subjects and grades. In 2025–2026, the school's highest reported result was 13.3% in 8th grade English Language Arts, followed by 11% in 8th grade Science. Math was especially weak: 1.3% proficient in 6th grade, 1.2% in 7th grade, and 3.6% in 8th grade. Every reported subject and grade was below the district average and far below the state. Nearby schools post much higher results — for example, Austintown Middle School, Girard Junior High School, and Hubbard Middle School report proficiency well above East Middle's 1–13% range.

Where data are provided, subgroup rankings are also at the very bottom of the state, from female and male students to low socio-economic status students, so low performance is broad-based rather than limited to one group. Resource indicators do not show a shortage: the student-teacher ratio was 12.4 in 2024–2025 — lower than several higher-performing nearby schools — and per-student spending was $13,700 in 2018–2019, the highest among the nearby comparators (that figure is older, so compare it cautiously). Overall, East Middle presents a profile of extreme academic need and severe absenteeism, and its own district's Rayen Early College Middle shows that much stronger outcomes are possible in Youngstown.

298
Students ?
12.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$13,869
Per pupil spending ?
93.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 940 Bryn Mawr Ave
       Youngstown, OH  44505-1219

(330) 744-7155

District: Youngstown City


Students who attend East Middle at PRBerry usually attend:

High:    East High School

Feeder schools for East Middle at PRBerry:

Elementary:    Harding Elementary School
    M L King Elementary School
    Taft Elementary School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
46.0%
Hispanic:
35.2%
White:
9.4%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 13th percentile in 2019 → 1st in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Ohio average (41% vs 56% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2019
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school41%
District avg21%
Ohio avg56%
1,033rd of 1,046
Ohio public middle schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 12 pts since 2019
From bottom 13% (2019) to bottom 1% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
3rd of 3Middle Schools in the Youngstown City
709th of 773Youngstown 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)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
202112.11357 of 161015.7%★☆☆☆☆
201910.31501 of 167610.4%★☆☆☆☆
201810.61466 of 163610.4%★☆☆☆☆
20174.91585 of 16514.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20169.31515 of 16789.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20157.81559 of 16847.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201410.81512 of 168710.4%★☆☆☆☆
201311.11538 of 17019.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201219.11464 of 170914.3%★☆☆☆☆
201112.71515 of 168610.1%★☆☆☆☆
20106.61556 of 16626.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20091.51589 of 16101.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20085.81504 of 15824.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20076.31522 of 16095.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200611.71375 of 15048.6%☆☆☆☆☆
200520.31301 of 150113.3%★☆☆☆☆
200412.71345 of 14718.6%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20263.11033 of 10461.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.81024 of 10361.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.91017 of 10462.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.31013 of 10483.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.91001 of 10171.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.21004 of 10373.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.3909 of 105013.4%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20268.4450 of 4551.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.0441 of 4420.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.2404 of 4367.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.7410 of 4130.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20261.5943 of 9470.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20252.8930 of 9380.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.4922 of 9432.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20221.7924 of 9250.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20264.9268 of 2700.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20252.8262 of 2620.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.4236 of 2391.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.3249 of 2490.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.8247 of 2470.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20262.0994 of 9960.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20252.3983 of 9830.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.2973 of 9891.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20234.6954 of 9742.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.4943 of 9470.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20216.4904 of 9232.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.0825 of 94512.7%★☆☆☆☆
201812.7826 of 92410.6%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20262.2951 of 9550.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20252.4952 of 9540.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.0919 of 9584.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.2959 of 9630.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.9943 of 9460.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20235.4243 of 2450.8%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankOhio percentileRating
20252.3758 of 7772.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20244.7761 of 7954.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.4795 of 8091.7%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Middle school
White (2025)2nd percentile~ school
African American (2026)1st percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2023)1st percentile-3 vs school
Hispanic (2026)1st percentile~ school
Female (2026)<1st percentile~ school
Male (2026)<1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)<1st percentile~ school
By subject vs Ohio (2025-2026) ?
Mathematics85%+32 vs state
Science11%-50 vs state
English Language Arts9%-50 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about East Middle at PRBerry

Students who attend East Middle at PRBerry usually go on to attend East High School

Students at East Middle at PRBerry are 46% African American, 35% Hispanic, 9% White, 9% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 298 students attended East Middle at PRBerry.

East Middle at PRBerry ranks in the bottom 1.2% of Ohio middle schools.

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2025–26 attendance data & graduation ratesNewSep 15, 2026
2025–26 Ohio State Tests scoresNewSep 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJan 6, 2026
2024–25 attendance data & graduation ratesSep 17, 2025


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

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