Summary:
ZIP code 44021 has exactly one middle school: Berkshire Middle School, a grades 5–8 school with 388 students in Burton, OH, serving the Berkshire Local district. Because it is the only middle school in the area, its results define the entire middle-school picture for this ZIP code. It holds a consistent 3-star rating and ranks in the top half of Ohio middle schools — 395 of 1046 (62nd percentile) in 2025–26, 350 of 1036 (66th) in 2024–25, and 414 of 1046 (60th) in 2023–24. The district ranks 301 of 773, at the 61st percentile with 3 stars.
Its clearest strength is Algebra I, where it reported 100% proficiency in both 2024–25 and 2025–26, versus state rates of 61.6% and 59.4%. Upper-grade reading and science are also strong: in 2025–26, 7th grade ELA was 73.9% against 62.7% statewide, 8th grade ELA was 71.6% against 58.3%, and 8th grade Science was 71.8% against 61.2%. Chronic absenteeism of 12.3% in 2025–26 is slightly better than the district's 13.3%, a positive engagement signal.
The weaker areas are the earlier grades. In 2025–26, 5th grade Math was 56.3% versus 59.1% statewide, 6th grade Math 48.0% versus 56.2%, 5th grade ELA 63.5% versus 70.4%, and 6th grade ELA 50.0% versus 56.0%. Year-to-year swings are large, largely due to changing grade-level cohorts — 8th grade ELA rose from 41.1% to 71.6%, while 6th grade Math and ELA both fell about 20 points. Overall, a simple average across 2025–26 tests puts the school at about 64.8% versus the state's 59.0%. For context, 37.37% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–25 and the student-teacher ratio was 19.8:1; the $11,026 per-student spending figure is from 2018–19 and is outdated.
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