Summary:
Zip code 44905 contains just one middle school: Madison Middle School, part of the Madison Local district in Mansfield, Ohio. It serves grades 5–8 with 761 students — roughly 190 per grade — so families in this area have no public middle-school alternative, which makes what happens inside this one building the whole story.
Madison Middle holds a 3-star rating and has ranked at the 51st–52nd percentile of Ohio middle schools for three straight years, essentially the midpoint but consistently above its own district, which is rated 2 stars (47th percentile). Its average proficiency across all 11 tested measures is about 64.5 versus a state average of roughly 59.0; excluding the Algebra I end-of-course exam, it is about 61.0 versus 58.7. Its standout results are 5th-grade science (74.0 vs. 62.7 state), 5th-grade math (68.0 vs. 59.1), 8th-grade math (73.0 vs. 52.0) and Algebra I, where 100% of test-takers were proficient against a state figure of 61.6 — likely a small accelerated cohort rather than a school-wide outcome. Grades 6 and 7 are the soft spots, falling below state in both math and ELA in both years, with 7th-grade math lowest at 41.0% versus 48.6. Eighth-grade science also slipped slightly under state at 58.4 vs. 61.2.
Two factors matter for context. About 70.4% of students are economically disadvantaged, and chronic absenteeism is 24.4%, roughly four points worse than the district's 20.4% — the one measure where the school trails rather than leads. Year-over-year movement has been sharp: 8th-grade math rose 16.4 points and 8th-grade ELA 17.8 points, while 7th-grade ELA dropped 11.5 points. Overall, this is a stable, slightly-above-average school that outperforms both its district and the state on average, strongest in 5th grade, 8th-grade math and advanced math, with grades 6–7 the clearest area to watch.
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