Summary:
ZIP code 44691, which covers the Wooster area, has two middle schools: Edgewood Middle School in the Wooster City district (grades 5–7, 704 students) and Triway Middle School in the Triway Local district (grades 6–8, 364 students). Because the two schools serve different grade bands, the fairest comparisons are in grades 6 and 7; Edgewood’s 5th grade results and Triway’s 8th grade and Algebra I results have no counterpart at the other school.
Triway Middle School is the clear academic standout, earning 4 stars and ranking 280 of 1046 schools (73rd percentile) in 2025–2026, versus 3 stars and 389 of 1046 (63rd percentile) for Edgewood. Triway scored above the state average on every reported test in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, including 8th grade science (87.0%, then 79.8%), 8th grade math (71.1%, then 70.5%), and Algebra I End-of-Course at 100% proficient both years, far above the state’s 61.6% and 59.4%. That Algebra I figure should be read with some caution, since the size of the tested group isn’t shown. Triway has also slipped from the 81st–83rd percentile range in prior years to the 73rd, though it still holds 4 stars.
Edgewood Middle School stands out on attendance and class size, with chronic absenteeism of 10.1% — better than its district’s 13.5% and Triway’s 14.7% — and a student-teacher ratio of 16.4 compared with Triway’s 22.7. Its 7th graders posted 68.5% in math and 69.7% in ELA, both above the state and above Triway’s 7th grade results that year. Overall, however, Edgewood’s results are more uneven: it was above the state in only 3 of 7 reported tests in 2025–2026, down from 5 of 7 in 2024–2025, with 5th and 6th grade math and ELA falling below state averages.
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