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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 44820

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Top rankedWynford Middle School413^th of 1,046 Ohio middle schools

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Summary:

ZIP code 44820 in Ohio contains two public middle schools serving grades 6–8: Bucyrus Middle School (256 students) in Bucyrus City, and Wynford Middle School (252 students) in Wynford Local. Enrollment is nearly identical, but the two schools perform quite differently.

Wynford Middle School is the stronger school on most measures. Its district ranks 254th of 773 Ohio districts (67th percentile, 3 stars), while Bucyrus City ranks 614th of 773 (21st percentile, 1 star). Wynford Middle has ranked at the 61st percentile in 2025–2026, 53rd in 2024–2025, and 56th in 2023–2024, with 3 stars each year, compared with 39th, 46th, and 38th percentiles and 2 stars for Bucyrus Middle School. Wynford also has lower chronic absenteeism (16.2% versus 26.7% in 2025–2026) and a lower student-teacher ratio (17.1 versus 19.6). Bucyrus Middle School has a real bright spot in 8th grade, outperforming the state in both ELA and math in both years, including 67.1% in ELA 8 in 2024–2025 versus a state figure of 54.4%.

On proficiency, a simple average of the seven common tested subjects in 2025–2026 puts Bucyrus Middle School at about 47.9% versus a state average of about 56.4%; Wynford Middle School averages about 61.0%. Wynford’s Algebra I proficiency was 100% in both years, and its 8th-grade math reached 79% in 2025–2026 against a state figure of 52%. Both schools struggled in 7th-grade math in 2025–2026, scoring 31.4% (Bucyrus) and 42.4% (Wynford) against a state figure of 48.6%. Note that free/reduced lunch is not reported for either school, no spending figure is provided for Bucyrus, and Wynford’s $4,904 per-student figure is from 2018–2019.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Ohio State Tests Science (2026)	Ohio State Tests Mathematics (2026)			Ohio State Tests English Language Arts (2026)			Ohio State Tests Algebra I (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Directly certified (2022-23)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Ohio State Tests Science 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests Mathematics 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 6th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 7th Grade	Ohio State Tests English Language Arts 8th Grade	Ohio State Tests Algebra I End of Course	Total
Bucyrus Middle School	Public	6-8	455 Redman Way	Bucyrus	44820	Crawford County	Bucyrus City	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(419) 562-0003	256	13	19.6	1.1%	225 (87.9%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (7.8%)	43.6	637^th of 1046 public middle schools	39.1%		50.3	562^nd of 1036 public middle schools	45.8%	75	57.5	42.2	31.4	53.7	40.0	48.6	61.6		$3,468
Wynford Middle School	Public	6-8	3288 Holmes Center Rd	Bucyrus	44820	Crawford County	Wynford Local	No	(n/a)	No	No	(419) 562-7828	252	15	17.1	1.2%	249 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	63.2	413^th of 1046 public middle schools	60.5%		57.5	483^rd of 1036 public middle schools	53.4%	70	68.1	56.1	42.4	79.0	57.6	61.2	62.5	100.0	$7,889

Cities Near Zip Code 44820

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bucyrus	0.87 mi	6	467^th
Crestline	6.37 mi	8	422^nd
Galion	9.98 mi	6	387^th
New Washington	11.26 mi	3	190^th
Caledonia	13.16 mi	3	371^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Ohio Department of Education.

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