Summary:
ZIP code 44662 contains just one middle school: Fairless Middle School, a 293-student school serving grades 5–8 in Navarre, Ohio, as part of the Fairless Local district. Since it is the only middle school in this area, there is no local peer to compare against, but state and district figures provide useful context. The school ranks 457th out of 1,046 Ohio middle schools in 2025–2026, placing it in the 56th percentile with 3 stars — an improvement from its 2-star, 48th-percentile showing in 2023–2024. The district overall ranks in the 45th percentile with 2 stars, so the school sits above its district's overall standing. Test-score data for 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 is complete, with no figures suppressed.
The clearest strength is Algebra I End of Course performance: 96.2% proficient in 2025–2026 versus 63.0% in the district and 61.6% statewide, and 83.3% in 2024–2025 versus 40.6% in the district and 59.4% statewide. ELA 7 is another bright spot at 73.4% proficient, 10.7 points above the state. Eighth grade improved notably — Math 8 rose from 50.5% to 60.2%, and ELA 8 rose from 48.2% to 60.0%, moving from 6.2 points below the state to 1.7 points above. Overall, the school outperformed the state in 6 of 8 reported tests in 2025–2026 and 7 of 8 in 2024–2025.
Sixth grade is the main academic watch point: ELA 6 came in at 44.3% (11.7 points below the state's 56.0%) and Math 6 at 54.6% (slightly under the state's 56.2%), both down sharply from the prior year's 62.1% and 71.3%. Chronic absenteeism is also a concern at 28.3%, well above the district's 20.8%, meaning more than one in four students is chronically absent. For context, 49.83% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025 and the student/teacher ratio was 14.2; per-student spending of $8,305 dates to 2018–2019 and should not be treated as current. The bottom line: a solid, above-district 3-star school with real strengths in Algebra I and ELA 7, but the 6th-grade decline and absenteeism deserve close attention.
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