Summary:
Zip code 44428 in Kinsman, Ohio is served by three schools — Badger Elementary School (PK–4, 250 students), Badger Middle School (5–8, 168 students) and Badger High School (9–12, 144 students) — all part of the single Joseph Badger Local district, with 562 students total. All three schools earned 3 stars in 2025-2026, and the district ranks 294 of 773 Ohio districts, or the 62nd percentile.
Badger Elementary School is the standout for improvement, rising from 2 stars and the 46th percentile in 2023-2024 to 3 stars and the 61st percentile in 2025-2026, with every reported test above the state average and the lowest chronic absenteeism of the three at 14.6%. Badger Middle School holds the single brightest result in the group: Algebra I proficiency of 94.4% against 61.6% statewide, plus ELA above state in all four tested grades in both recent years. Badger High School leads on rank (64th percentile) and graduation rate (95.8%), with Biology at 91.4%, American Government at 88.5%, American History at 84.8% and English II at 82.5%, all comfortably above state.
Math is the clear weak spot. Badger High School Algebra I proficiency was only 23.1% versus 61.6% statewide, and Geometry 40% versus 43.3%; its non-math average of roughly 86.8% towers over a math average of roughly 31.6%. Badger Middle School 8th grade math was 31.3% versus 52% statewide, and 5th grade science fell from 78% to 52%, now below the state's 62.7%. Chronic absenteeism is concentrated at the high school at 31.4%, far above the district's 19.6% and the elementary's 14.6% and middle's 16.6%. Per-student spending ($9,817–$11,297) and student/teacher ratios (13.3 to 23.3) do not line up neatly with results, and the spending figures are from 2018-2019, so treat them with caution.
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