Summary:
ZIP code 45371 covers Tipp City, Ohio, and contains two middle schools with a combined enrollment of 1,090 students: Tippecanoe Middle School (grades 6–8, 564 students), part of Tipp City Exempted Village, and Bethel Middle School (grades 5–9, 526 students), part of Bethel Local. Because Bethel serves grades 5–9 and Tippecanoe serves 6–8, the most valid comparisons are on overlapping grades and subjects.
Tippecanoe Middle School is the overall standout. Its district ranks 102 of 773 (87th percentile, 4 stars), and its school rank has stayed in the top roughly 13% of Ohio middle schools with 4 stars in each of 2023–24, 2024–25, and 2025–26. Chronic absenteeism is 5.4%, below its district's 7.4%. Test results are strong across most ELA and math grades, including ELA 6 at 84.8% and Math 6 at 82.2%, plus exceptional advanced math: Algebra I at 98.8% and Geometry at 96.7%, both far above state. The clear exception is 8th grade math at 53.6%, down from 68.1% the year before and only modestly above the state's 52.0%.
Bethel Middle School has notable bright spots but a weaker overall trajectory. Its district ranks 268 of 773 (65th percentile, 3 stars), and its school rank slipped from 74th percentile with 4 stars in 2023–24 to 64th percentile with 3 stars in 2025–26. Chronic absenteeism is 17.6%, above its district's 14.4% and more than triple Tippecanoe's rate. Still, Bethel posts Algebra I at 97.0%, 8th grade math at 74.3% — higher than Tippecanoe in that grade — 5th grade ELA at 74.6%, and 8th grade science at 67.1%. Note that Bethel's free/reduced lunch percentage and Tippecanoe's student-teacher ratio are not reported, so those comparisons cannot be made.
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