Summary:
ZIP code 43935 in Martins Ferry (Belmont County, Ohio) contains a single middle school serving grades 5–8: Martins Ferry Middle School, a 434-student school in the Martins Ferry City district. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP, there is no local peer to compare against, but it can be measured against the state and against its own recent history.
The school's trajectory is mildly positive. Its state rank climbed from 607 of 1,046 in 2023‑24 to 524 of 1,046 in 2025‑26, moving from the 42nd to the 50th percentile and from 2 stars to 3 stars. In 2025‑26, 7 of 11 tested assessments beat the Ohio average, led by Algebra I (83.3% proficient vs. 61.6% state and 68.6% district) and science, where 5th grade hit 75.3% vs. 62.7% state and 8th grade 70.9% vs. 61.2%. Mid-grade math made big one-year gains: 6th grade rose from 33.3% to 59.0% and 7th grade from 32.9% to 56.4%. On a blended basis, the school sits roughly at or slightly above the state, at about 60% proficiency.
There are real soft spots. Eighth-grade mathematics fell to 11.1% proficient, far below the 52.0% state figure and down from 33.7% the prior year — likely reflecting that stronger math students take Algebra I instead. Fifth-grade ELA dropped from 83.2% to 73.2% and 8th-grade ELA from 58.9% to 50.6%, while 6th-grade ELA has stayed below state both years. Chronic absenteeism is 20.8%, better than the district's 24.5% but still about 1 in 5 students. The student–teacher ratio of 24.1 is high, and per-student spending ($8,266) dates to 2018‑19, so current resourcing and poverty context cannot be assessed from this data.
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