Summary:
ZIP code 44024 covers Chardon, Ohio, and contains just one middle-level school: Chardon Middle School, a grades 4–7 building with 716 students in the Chardon Local district. Because it is the only school in this ZIP, there are no local peers to compare it against — but the data allows strong comparisons to its own district and to Ohio as a whole.
Chardon Middle School is a consistently top-performing school. It earned 5 stars in all three years of ranking history, placing it at the 94th–97th percentile of Ohio middle schools, or roughly the top 3–6% statewide. In 2025–2026 it beat the state average on all 12 reported test measures, by 17 to 48 percentage points. Math is its strongest area (88.0% average proficient versus the state's 56.6%), with Math 8 and Algebra I both at 100%. Those perfect scores, plus ELA 8's 98.3%, likely reflect a small advanced cohort rather than every 8th grader, especially since the school is listed as serving grades 4–7.
Areas to watch: ELA 7 dropped 8.6 points (87.8 to 79.2) while the state stayed flat, and ELA is generally where the school's margins over the state are narrower. Most other measures improved, including Math 6, up 19.4 points. Chronic absenteeism is 14.4% — about 1 in 7 students — below the Chardon Local district's 17.7%, while 25% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Note that spending data ($9,184 per student) is from 2018–2019, and staffing data from 2024–2025, so those figures are dated.
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