Summary:
ZIP code 43440 — Lakeside Marblehead, in Ottawa County, Ohio — is served by exactly one middle school: Danbury Middle School at 9451 E Harbor Rd. It covers grades 6–8 with about 115 students, roughly 38 per grade, and is the only middle school in the Danbury Local district, which ranks 60th of 773 Ohio districts (92nd percentile, 5 stars). Because the school and district middle-grade figures are identical, the school's results are effectively the district's middle-school results.
Academically, Danbury Middle beats Ohio in every subject tested. In 2025–2026 it averaged about 79.4% proficient across its seven grade-level tests, against a state average of about 56.4% — roughly 23 points higher. Grade 7 is the strongest: math at 81.8% (state 48.6%) and ELA at 87.9% (state 62.7%), the highest single score in the data set. Algebra I stands at 100% proficient versus a state rate of 61.6%, though that reflects a small, advanced cohort rather than the whole school. The school also climbed sharply, from 266th of 1,036 Ohio middle schools (74th percentile) in 2024–2025 to 91st of 1,046 (91st percentile, 5 stars) in 2025–2026, while its own average rose about 11.5 points and the state moved only 1.5.
Two items are worth watching. Grade 8 math (70.0%) and ELA (74.3%) are the lowest results, though both still exceed the state. Chronic absenteeism is 14.2% versus the district's 10.2% — about one in seven students. Free/reduced-lunch data is not available, so the school's poverty profile cannot be judged, and the per-student spending figure ($18,579) dates to 2018–2019, so it says nothing about current resources.
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