Summary:
ZIP code 44890 is served by a single middle school — Willard Middle School — which enrolls 306 students in grades 5–8 as part of the Willard City district. Because there is only one middle school in this ZIP code, families have no local alternative to compare against, so the most useful benchmarks are the district and the state.
Willard Middle School's clearest strength is Algebra I: 100% of tested students were proficient in 2024–2025 and 88% in 2025–2026, well above the district (55.7% and 61.1%) and the state (59.4% and 61.6%). Seventh grade English Language Arts is also a consistent bright spot, at 73.6% and then 68%, both above the state. Overall, 2024–2025 was the stronger year: 3 stars, a 54th percentile rank, and above-state results in 5 of 8 reported tests.
The 2025–2026 picture is more mixed, with the school above the state in only 2 of 8 reported tests. Math is the main weakness — 6th grade at 44.4% (11.8 points below the state), 7th grade at 43.1%, and 8th grade at 45.9%. Sixth grade ELA fell to 46.7%, down 10.1 points and 9.3 points below the state. Chronic absenteeism stands at 28.4% versus 21.1% in the district, and the school ranked 568 of 1,046 with 2 stars. Free/reduced lunch data is not reported, and the per-student spending figure dates back to 2018–2019.
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