Summary:
ZIP code 43080 is home to a single middle school, Utica Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 and enrolls 349 students as part of North Fork Local in Ohio. The school has earned a 3-star rating in each of the three reported years, ranking 424 of 1,046 schools (59th percentile) in 2025–26 — above the state midpoint and well ahead of its district, which is rated 2 stars and ranks 492 of 773 (36th percentile). Class sizes are modest, at about 14.8 students per teacher in 2024–25, and 92.55% of students qualified for free or reduced lunch that year, a high poverty rate. Per-student spending of $9,482 dates to 2018–19.
Academically, the clearest standout is Algebra I: 100% of test-takers were proficient in both 2024–25 and 2025–26, versus 49.1% and 41.2% for the district and 61.6% and 59.4% statewide. Parents should note that middle-school Algebra I typically serves a small, advanced group, so it does not represent all eighth graders. Math 8 beat the state by 14.1 points in 2024–25 and 12.3 points in 2025–26, and Math 7 improved from 53.0% to 57.9% proficient. ELA 6 jumped from 53.8% to 64.7%, now 8.7 points above state, and ELA 7 sits at 66.9%, 4.2 points above state. In 2024–25 the school outperformed the state on 7 of 8 reported tests.
Two subjects are trending the wrong way: Science 8 dropped from 67.6% to 59.8% proficient, moving from 4.6 points above state to 1.4 points below, and Math 6 fell from 62.2% to 51.0%, moving from 10.3 points above state to 5.2 below. ELA 8 trailed the state in 2025–26 at 55.4% versus 58.3%. Chronic absenteeism is the biggest non-academic concern: 21.9% of students were chronically absent in 2025–26, compared with 16.3% district-wide — roughly one in five. The school's rank dipped from the 65th to the 59th percentile in 2025–26.
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