Summary
Springfield Intermediate Middle School is a grades 5–8 school in New Middletown, Ohio, enrolling 268 students as part of Springfield Local near Youngstown. In 2025–2026 it ranked 142nd of 1,046 Ohio middle schools — the 86th percentile, with 4 stars — while Springfield Local ranked 120th of 773 districts statewide (84th percentile, 4 stars). The school has stayed between the 82nd and 91st percentile every year listed from 2015–2016 onward, earning 4 or 5 stars each time and peaking at 98th of 1,048 (91st percentile, 5 stars) in 2022–2023.
Among nearby middle schools, Springfield is the third-highest ranked in 2025–2026, behind South Side Middle School (96th percentile, 5 stars) and South Range Middle School (92nd percentile, 5 stars), and ahead of Crestview Middle School (80th), Boardman Glenwood Junior High (78th), Rayen Early College Middle School (48th), East Palestine Middle School (48th), and Struthers Middle School (40th). In 2025–2026, proficiency rates topped Ohio's statewide rates in every reported grade and subject. Standouts include 7th-grade ELA at 94.8%, higher than every nearby comparison school, and 7th-grade math at 73.2% against a state rate of 48.6%. Algebra I reached 100% proficiency in the three most recent years reported, far above district and state rates. It isn't ahead everywhere: 8th-grade ELA at 66.7% is above the state but below South Range, South Side, and Crestview.
Chronic absenteeism was 10.0% in 2025–2026, below the district's 10.8% and lower than most nearby schools; only South Range (8.4%) and South Side (9.3%) were lower. The 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio of 14.1 is relatively favorable compared with most surrounding schools. Notably, the school's low-socioeconomic-status subgroup ranked 69th of 996 statewide (93rd percentile, 5 stars), above the school's overall percentile — a sign of particular effectiveness serving lower-income students. Per-student spending is listed at $11,365 for 2018–2019, the only spending year provided, and the free/reduced-lunch percentage is not available in the data.
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