Summary:
Zip code 43845 is served by a single middle-level school: Ridgewood Middle School in West Lafayette, which enrolls about 396 students in grades 4 through 7 and is part of the Ridgewood Local district. Because there is only one school here, there is no local peer to compare it against — the meaningful benchmarks are Ohio averages and the school's own results over time.
The school's standouts are real. Fifth-grade science is the signature strength: 83.5% of students scored proficient in 2025-26 and 83.7% in 2024-25, roughly 20 points above a state figure in the low 60s, two years running. Overall, Ridgewood beat the state in 7 of 9 tested areas in 2025-26, averaging about 64.9% proficient against about 60.5% statewide. It carries a 3-star rating and sits in the 63rd percentile of Ohio middle schools, up from the 53rd percentile two years earlier. Chronic absenteeism is 8.7%, well below the district's 11.9%, a good sign for engagement.
The clearest watch item is 4th-grade math, at 60.2% proficient versus the state's 67.3% — a gap that widened from about 2 points the prior year — with 4th-grade ELA also slightly behind. Since grade 4 is the entry grade, this may mean students arrive below grade level and catch up in grades 5-7. Math results also move sharply year to year: grade 6 rose about 19 points while grade 7 fell about 14. Classes are on the larger side at a 20.8 student-teacher ratio, free/reduced lunch data is not reported, and the $7,528 per-pupil spending figure dates to 2018-19.
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