Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 43326

ZIP code 43326 is home to a single middle school, Kenton Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 with 285 students as part of the Kenton City district. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP, there is no cross-school comparison to make; the useful benchmarks are how the school compares with its own district, with Ohio state averages, and with its own results over time. The student-teacher ratio is 20.3, roughly 14 teachers for 285 students, and 55.44% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-2025.

Test results are mixed. Algebra I is the standout: 94.3% proficient in 2025-2026, well above the district's 52.3% and the state's 61.6%, and up from 85.7% the year before. That said, Algebra I in middle school is usually taken by advanced math students, so it does not represent the whole school. In every other tested subject, the school was below the state in 2025-2026, including Science 8 (54 vs. 61.2), Math 7 (36 vs. 48.6), Math 8 (37.3 vs. 52), ELA 6 (40.5 vs. 56), ELA 7 (46.4 vs. 62.7), and ELA 8 (52.9 vs. 58.3); only 6th grade math came close, at 55.7% vs. 56.2%.

Chronic absenteeism was 20.2% in 2025-2026 — about 1 in 5 students, and 1.5 points above the district's 18.7%. The school ranks 666th of 1,046 Ohio middle schools, the 36th percentile with 2 stars, while Kenton City ranks 553rd of 773 (28th percentile, 1 star), so the school sits somewhat above its district's overall standing. Its percentile has slipped from 39 to 38 to 36 over three years. Year over year, 8th grade math, 8th grade ELA, 8th grade science, and Algebra I all improved, while 7th grade math and ELA each dropped by roughly 9 to 10 points.