Summary:
ZIP code 44805 in Ashland, Ohio is home to three middle schools — Ashland Middle School (Ashland City, grades 6–8), Crestview Middle School (Crestview Local, grades 5–8) and Mapleton Middle School (Mapleton Local, grades 6–8) — serving about 1,137 students combined. Ashland Middle is by far the largest with 694 students, more than twice Crestview's 271 and roughly four times Mapleton's 172.
On test scores, Ashland Middle is the steadiest performer: it is the only school at or above the state average in all seven grade 6–8 core assessments, with its widest margin in 8th-grade math (74.6% versus 52.0% statewide) and 4-star ratings in each of the last two cycles. Mapleton shows the highest peaks in the group — 8th-grade science at 81% and 8th-grade ELA at 79.3% — but also the lowest single result, with 7th-grade ELA at 50% against a 62.7% state figure. Crestview's 5th-grade scores are strong (science 84.8%, ELA 83.3%), but in grades 6–8 it is the weakest of the three, with 8th-grade math at 42.9% and a percentile rank that has slipped three years running.
Operationally, Crestview has the best attendance (7.7% chronic absenteeism, less than half of Ashland's 14.7% and Mapleton's 16.1%) and spends the most per student ($11,222) with the smallest classes (13.5 to 1) — yet it posts the lowest middle-grade proficiency, showing that spending and class size alone do not predict outcomes here. One shared pattern stands out: 7th-grade ELA fell at all three schools while the state figure held steady, a question worth raising at the regional level. All three middle schools also rank above their own district overall.
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