Summary:
ZIP code 44288 in Windham, Ohio has just one public middle school: Windham Junior High School, which serves grades 5 through 8 with about 151 students and belongs to the Windham Exempted Village district. Because there's only one middle school here, families have no in-town alternative, so the most useful comparisons are against the district, the state, and the school's own past results. Notably, the school earned a 2-star rating in both of the last two years, while the district as a whole sits at 1 star, and the school ranked 672 of 1,046 Ohio middle schools (36th percentile) in 2025-2026, up from 26th percentile two years earlier.
Academically, the picture is mixed and varies a lot by grade. Fifth-grade English language arts is the standout: 75% of students scored proficient, above the state's 70.4% and a big jump from 45.2% the year before. Eighth-grade science (58.3%) and eighth-grade math (48%) also land fairly close to state levels. Math overall is the clearest weak spot, and it got worse rather than better — sixth-grade math came in at 22.2% proficient against a state figure of 56.2%, and seventh-grade math also dropped. On average, the school remains roughly 10 points behind the state across tested subjects, though that gap has narrowed slightly. Keep in mind that classes are small (about 38 students per grade), so a handful of students can swing these percentages substantially from year to year.
Two other points matter for parents. Chronic absenteeism is 25.1% at the school versus 33.3% district-wide — roughly 1 in 4 students missing 10% or more of school days, which is a real strength relative to the district and often a leading indicator for achievement. The student-teacher ratio is 12.5 to 1, a small-school staffing profile. Two gaps limit how much can be concluded: the free/reduced-lunch rate isn't reported, so there's no socioeconomic context for the scores, and the $11,444 per-student spending figure dates to 2018-2019 and is too old for current comparisons.
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