Summary:
ZIP code 43064 in Plain City, Ohio, contains three middle schools serving 1,573 students in grades 5 through 8 across two districts: Eversole Run Middle School in Dublin City, plus Jonathan Alder Junior High and Canaan Middle School in Jonathan Alder Local. Because grade spans differ — Eversole Run serves 6–8, Jonathan Alder Junior High serves 7–8, and Canaan serves 5–6 — the fairest comparisons are grade by grade. Eversole Run alone enrolls 53.2% of the area's middle-school students.
Eversole Run is the clear academic standout, earning 5 stars in each of the last three reported years and ranking 49 of 1,046 Ohio middle schools in 2025–2026, the top 5%. It outperformed its own district on every reported 2025–2026 test, with Geometry EOC at 100% proficient, Algebra I at 97.8%, 8th grade science at 87.9%, and 7th grade ELA at 88.1%. Its chronic absenteeism is 9.8%, below its district's 15.1%. Jonathan Alder Junior High is also a strong performer, ranking 122 of 1,046 (roughly the top 10–12%) with 4–5 stars and 100% proficiency in both Algebra I and Geometry. Its chronic absenteeism of 17.4%, however, is the highest of the three schools and above its district rate of 13.4%.
Canaan has the lowest absenteeism at 7.7% and solid 5th grade results (ELA 80.1%, math 75%, science 72.3%), though its 6th grade ELA fell from 71.8% to 65.1% — still above the state's 56%. Its reported 7th grade math score of 100% likely reflects a small advanced group rather than the whole school. Both Jonathan Alder schools have free/reduced-price lunch rates of 33–34% versus 4.06% at Eversole Run, important context when reading scores. Student-teacher ratios are nearly identical across all three (17.1 to 17.9), so class size alone does not explain the differences.
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