Summary:
ZIP code 44906 in Mansfield, Ohio is home to two middle schools enrolling roughly 858 students combined. Ontario Middle School serves grades 6–8 in Ontario Local, while Mansfield Middle School serves grades 7–8 in Mansfield City. Because they cover different grade spans, only five of Ontario's seven tested subjects have a direct Mansfield counterpart.
Ontario Middle School is the standout: it ranks 195th of 1,046 schools (81st percentile) with 4 stars, and it outperforms the Ohio state average in every subject and grade level reported, by an average margin of roughly 15 percentage points across the seven general tests. It also posts a 100% proficiency rate in Algebra I (End of Course) in both years reported, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 9.0% is low. Its average across comparable general tests is about 71.5%, against a state counterpart near 56.6%. The school is drifting slightly downward, however — 8th-grade ELA fell from 82.7 to 70.5 and 8th-grade Science from 83.3 to 75.9.
Mansfield Middle School sits in the bottom decile (10th percentile, 1 star) and trails the state by roughly 38 points on average across its five comparable tests. Its chronic absenteeism rate of 29.1% is more than triple Ontario's and above its own district average of 25.6%. Smaller classes and higher spending do not translate into results here: its student–teacher ratio is 10.9 versus Ontario's 20.5, and it spends $8,217 per student against $7,832 (2018-19 figures, so this comparison is directional). Its Algebra I result of 89.5% is far above its district rate of 38.3% and its school-wide 8th-grade math of 9.8%, pointing to a small accelerated cohort rather than school-wide math strength. A free/reduced-lunch figure is not reported for Mansfield, which limits how far socioeconomic explanations can be tested.
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