Summary:
ZIP code 45368 has just one middle school: Southeastern Junior High School, serving grades 7–8 with 101 students in South Charleston, Ohio, as part of Southeastern Local. Because it is the only middle school in the area, there is no local comparison to make — instead, here is how it stacks up against its district and Ohio statewide averages.
Academically, the school's clearest standout is Algebra I. In 2025–2026, 96.2% of students were proficient, versus 71.2% in the district and 61.6% statewide; in 2024–2025 the figure was 100%. These are end-of-course results, so they likely reflect a smaller, more advanced group of students rather than the whole school. English language arts is also a consistent strength: 7th-grade ELA was 71.7% proficient versus 62.7% statewide, and 8th-grade ELA was 71.2% versus 58.3%. 7th-grade math beat the state in both years as well. The school ranked 393rd of 1,046 schools in 2025–2026, placing in the 62nd percentile with 3 stars — above the district's 49th percentile and 2 stars. Note the trend, though: its percentile has slipped from 70 to 64 to 62 over three years while holding at 3 stars.
Two areas need attention. Science fell below district and state in both years, scoring 57.6% versus 61.2% statewide in 2025–2026. 8th-grade math dropped from 58.3% — 10.7 points above the state — to 48.5%, which is 3.5 points below it. Chronic absenteeism is 25.0% compared with the district's 18.3%, meaning roughly one in four students misses too much school. Free/reduced-lunch data are unavailable, and spending figures date to 2018–2019, so treat this as a useful snapshot rather than a complete picture.
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