Summary:
ZIP code 45692 contains just one middle school, Wellston Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 with 294 students as part of the Wellston City district; its student–teacher ratio is 13.1 and per-student spending was $12,713 (2018–2019), while free/reduced lunch data is not reported.
Academically, the school's clearest strength is Algebra I: 95.5% of students were proficient in 2025–2026 and 100% in 2024–2025, compared with about 60% in both the district and state. Because Algebra I is an End-of-Course exam, that result likely reflects a smaller or more advanced group rather than the whole school. Results also improved broadly — six of eight tested areas rose year over year, led by 8th grade mathematics (+20.3 percentage points) and 8th grade English language arts (+15.0 points). The average across regular grade-level tests climbed from about 42.5% to 52.1%, while the state moved only from about 54.9% to 56.4%.
Other subjects are uneven. Seventh grade ELA (63.3%) and 8th grade mathematics (52.3%) were slightly above the state, and 7th grade mathematics (48.0%) was close behind. But 6th grade ELA (43.2% versus 56.0%) and 8th grade ELA (48.3% versus 58.3%) trail the state by double digits, with 6th grade mathematics and 8th grade science also below state levels. The school is rated 2 stars and ranked in the 46th percentile — up from the 35th percentile the prior year, though below its 51st percentile and 3-star result in 2023–2024. The Wellston City district sits at the 33rd percentile. Chronic absenteeism is 30.9%, higher than the district's 28.9%, meaning nearly three in ten students are chronically absent.
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