Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 43452

ZIP code 43452 in Port Clinton, Ohio is served by a single middle school — Port Clinton Middle School — which enrolls 292 students in grades 6 through 8 as part of the Port Clinton City district. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP, the district's middle-grade results are essentially this school's results: on every grade-level test, the school and district figures match exactly. The school reported a student–teacher ratio of 13.2 in 2024-25, and chronic absenteeism of 13.5% in 2025-26, which is a full point better than its district's 14.5%. Free/reduced-lunch data is not reported for 2024-25, and the per-student spending figure ($11,016) dates back to 2018-19.

Academically, Port Clinton Middle School performs above the Ohio state average on every measure reported in both years, and its standing is improving. In 2025-26 it was 100% proficient in Algebra I (state: 61.6%), 80.0% in 8th grade Math (28.0 points above the state), 76.3% in 8th grade Science, and 70.2% in 8th grade ELA. Its average across the seven grade-level tests rose to 68.1% from 64.4% a year earlier, while the state average rose only from 54.9% to 56.4% — so the school's advantage widened from +9.5 to +11.7 points, meaning it is outpacing a rising state tide. The school's state ranking climbed from 389th of 1046 (63rd percentile, 3 stars) in 2023-24 to 328th of 1036 in 2024-25, and to 272nd of 1046 (74th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025-26.

Two items are worth watching. First, 7th grade declined in both subjects year over year — Math 7 fell 6.6 points to 62.2% and ELA 7 fell 6.5 points to 66.7% — though both remain above state. Second, the headline Algebra I result comes from an End-of-Course exam taken by a small, likely selective group of accelerated students, so it should not be read as a school-wide proficiency rate. The overall picture, however, is of a consistently above-state school on a three-year upward trajectory, strongest in middle-school math and science, with its narrowest margins in 6th grade.