Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 44087

ZIP 44087 covers Twinsburg, Ohio, where two middle-level schools serve a combined 1,423 students in the Twinsburg City district: Geo G Dodge Elementary School (grades 4–6, 859 students) and R B Chamberlin Middle School (grades 7–8, 564 students). These are not competitor schools but a grade-band pair — Dodge is the intermediate building and Chamberlin the upper middle school that most Dodge students move on to. Both run at nearly identical scale per grade (about 282–286 students per cohort), so families experience them as two stages of one pipeline rather than two alternatives.

Academically, both schools are well above the Ohio average in every subject and grade tested — 26 of 26 records across two school years. Dodge's standout is 4th grade math at 88.9% proficient, about 21.6 points above the state, and it repeated near that level the year before. Chamberlin's headline is advanced math: Geometry at 100% proficient in both years and Algebra I at 100% then 98.8%, against state rates near 43% and 60%. Chamberlin also ranked in the top ~20% of Ohio middle schools with 4 stars for three straight years, evidence of durability rather than one good year. Keep in mind that end-of-course and above-grade-level test-takers are small, select groups — strong signs for the top of the pipeline, not a picture of the typical student.

The most useful comparison point is 7th grade math: Chamberlin's 59.2% is the only grade-level score here below its district average (70.3%), because Dodge reports 100% in 7th grade math — an accelerated cohort pulling the district figure up while Chamberlin's on-grade group sits modestly above the state. Chronic absenteeism also diverges: 13.8% at Dodge (better than the district's 15.1%) versus 19.2% at Chamberlin. Demographics and class sizes at the two schools are nearly identical, though historical 2018-19 spending per student was far higher at Dodge ($10,245 vs. $6,932) — a contrast worth noting, especially since the lower-spending building performs equally well.