Summary:
ZIP code 45669 contains exactly one middle school: Fairland Middle School, a grades 6–8 school with 331 students in Proctorville, Ohio, part of the Fairland Local district. Because it is the only middle school in the area, there are no local school-to-school comparisons to make; the most useful benchmarks are the district, the state, and the school's own results over time.
The school's strongest signal is its steady climb in state rankings. It moved from #238 of 1,046 schools (77th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024 to #159 of 1,036 (85th percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025, and reached #148 of 1,046 (86th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026 — an improvement of 90 rank positions. That 86th percentile with 4 stars sits noticeably above the Fairland Local district listing of 239 of 773, 69th percentile, 3 stars. Test results back this up: in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, every reported Ohio State Tests subject and grade at the school was above the state proficiency rate, with 2025–2026 math and ELA margins often exceeding 20 percentage points. Algebra I was exceptional at 100% proficiency both years, versus 71.1% for the district and 61.6% for the state in 2025–2026.
Two things are worth watching. First, grade-level trends are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, 6th grade jumped sharply (Math +19.1 points, ELA +20.0 points), 7th grade was mixed, and 8th grade declined in Science (−15.4), Math (−6.6) and ELA (−17.1) — though 8th grade still finished above state levels. Second, chronic absenteeism was 18.8% at the school versus 15.2% in the district, a gap of 3.6 percentage points. Also note the school's student-teacher ratio of 9.7 (2024–2025), that per-student spending of $7,728 is from 2018–2019 only, and that free/reduced lunch data is not available here.
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