Summary:
ZIP code 44444 in Newton Falls, Ohio is served by exactly one middle-level school: Newton Falls Junior High School, a grades 6–8 building with 192 students that belongs to the Newton Falls Exempted Village district.
Academically, the school sits in the middle of the pack and has for three years, ranking between the 36th and 41st percentile and earning 2 stars, while its district sits at the 24th percentile with 1 star. Its brightest spots are 6th grade math, where 67.5% of students are proficient — 11.3 points above Ohio's 56.2% — and Algebra I, where 100% of test-takers passed against 61.6% statewide. Science also beat the state in 2024-25 at 70.8%. Note that Algebra I test-takers are a small, selected group within one grade, so that 100% figure is impressive but volatile.
The clearest concern is 8th grade, where math proficiency is 27.1% against 52% statewide, ELA is 40.4% against 58.3%, and science fell from 70.8% to 37.5% in a single year — a drop the state did not share, suggesting a cohort-specific issue rather than a school-wide change. Chronic absenteeism of 42.3% is above the district's own 38.8% and is the one measure where this school trails the system it belongs to. Meanwhile, 6th grade improved sharply year over year in both math and ELA. Two data gaps matter: free/reduced lunch is not reported, so state comparisons cannot be adjusted for poverty, and per-student spending ($7,409) dates to 2018-19. Parents should treat the strong Algebra I result and the weak 8th grade results as describing different students.
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