Summary:
Zip code 43056 in Heath, Ohio is served by a single middle school, Heath Middle School, which enrolls 394 students in grades 6 through 8 as part of the Heath City district.
With only one middle school in the area, Heath Middle School is the only local option for grades 6–8, and it performs well above Ohio averages. In 2025–2026, every reported subject and grade exceeded the state proficiency rate: 8th-grade science reached 84.4% versus the state's 61.2%, and math results ranged from 76.6% to 77.8% compared with state figures between 48.6% and 56.2% — gaps of roughly 20 to 29 percentage points. English Language Arts also came in above state in all three grades, though by narrower margins. The school holds 4 stars and ranks 159 of 1,046 schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 85th percentile, up from the 78th percentile in 2023–2024. The Heath City district ranks 132 of 773, in the 83rd percentile with 4 stars.
Two areas deserve attention. Sixth-grade ELA slipped from 71.3% to 60.3% year over year — still above the state's 56.0%, but only by 4.3 points, making it the clearest opportunity for growth. Algebra I End-of-Course proficiency was reported at 100% in 2024–2025, far above the district's 77.8% and the state's 59.4%, though such results often reflect a smaller or accelerated group of students, so they may not represent the full grade. Chronic absenteeism is 14.6%, better than the district's 16.3%, but still near 1 in 7 students. For context, 43.91% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch and the student-teacher ratio is 20.7.
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