Summary:
ZIP code 45651 has one middle school — Vinton County Middle School, serving grades 6–8 in Mc Arthur, Ohio, with 359 students. Because it is the only school in the Vinton County Local district covering grades 6–8, its proficiency figures match the district's exactly on every grade-level test.
The school's clearest strength is math among its oldest students. Algebra I end-of-course proficiency was 100% in both 2025-2026 and 2024-2025, roughly 38 to 41 points above the state's 61.6% and 59.4%. Eighth grade math also topped the state both years: 68.9% versus 52.0%, and 59.1% versus 47.6%. Tracking the same students forward is encouraging — the current eighth graders climbed from 36.1% in math as seventh graders to 68.9% as eighth graders.
Most other results trail the state. On grade-level tests the school sits below Ohio in every subject except eighth grade math: sixth grade ELA 29.9% versus 56.0%, sixth grade math 32.5% versus 56.2%, seventh grade math 27.9% versus 48.6% — the lowest of any grade-level test — and eighth grade science 42.7% versus 61.2%. Rankings have slipped three straight years, from the 46th to the 40th to the 32nd percentile, with a 2-star rating, while the district sits at the 54th percentile with 3 stars. Chronic absenteeism is 22.6%, above the district's 20.1%. Two data caveats: free and reduced-price lunch information was not reported for 2024-2025, and the per-student spending figure, $8,995, dates to 2018-2019.
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