Summary:
ZIP code 45701 is home to a single middle-level school, Athens Middle School, which serves grades 7–8 with 360 students as part of Athens City School District. Because there is only one middle school in this area, families here have one local option, and this is a detailed profile of that school rather than a comparison among schools.
Athens Middle School is on an upward trajectory. Its statewide ranking improved from the 61st percentile in 2023–2024 to the 74th percentile in 2025–2026, moving up 137 rank positions and rising from 3 stars to 4 stars — placing it in the top 26% of Ohio middle schools in this ranking. Its most striking result is Algebra I End of Course, where it reported 100% proficiency in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, far above the district (62.3%–64.0%) and state (59.4%–61.6%). Eighth grade is a consistent strength: math jumped from 44.5% in 2024–2025 (slightly below the state) to 72.9% in 2025–2026, while ELA reached 72.6% and Science 73.6%, both well above state rates.
Two areas are worth watching. Seventh grade results weakened in the latest year — math fell from 63.8% to 54.8% and ELA from 76.2% to 67.3% — though both remained above state averages. Chronic absenteeism is also a concern at 30.4%, compared with 26.4% in the district, meaning nearly 3 in 10 students were chronically absent in 2025–2026. Other context: the student-teacher ratio is 11.6 students per teacher (2024–2025), per-student spending was $8,273 (2018–2019, so outdated), and free/reduced lunch data were not reported for 2024–2025. Overall, this is a strong and improving school with standout math results in the upper grades and above-average performance in 8th grade ELA and Science.
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