Summary:
ZIP code 43430 has just one middle school — Genoa Area Middle School — serving grades 6–8 with 282 students and part of the Genoa Area Local district, which ranks 218th of 773 Ohio districts. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP code, families there have a single public option, and all of its results are compared either with its own past performance or with district and state benchmarks.
Academically, the school is on a clear upward path. It ranked 181st of 1,046 Ohio middle schools in 2025–2026, the 83rd percentile with 4 stars, up from 298th (71st percentile) in 2024–2025 and 355th (66th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024 — a gain of 174 places in three years. In 2025–2026, every reported state-tested subject was above the Ohio proficiency rate. Algebra I reached 100% proficient against 77% for the district and 61.6% for the state, and 8th-grade Science hit 82.8% versus 61.2% statewide. Across the eight reported tests, average proficiency rose from 70.2% to 76.4%, while the state average moved only from 55.5% to 57.1%, widening the school's margin from +14.7 to +19.4 points. Math 8 posted the largest one-year jump, from 34.3% to 59.0% (+24.7 points), turning a below-state result into an above-state one.
Two items are worth watching. Chronic absenteeism was 15.0% in 2025–2026, slightly above the district's 13.9%. ELA 7 also slipped from 86.0% to 71.4%, though it stayed 8.7 points above the state. Other context: a 17.6 student-teacher ratio (2024–2025) and $9,106 per-student spending (2018–2019); the free/reduced-lunch figure is not reported, and the Algebra I cohort size is unknown, so that 100% is best read as a strong signal.
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