Summary:
ZIP code 45872 is home to exactly one middle school: North Baltimore Middle School, part of the North Baltimore Local district. It serves grades 7 and 8, enrolls 96 students, and is located at 2012 Tiger Dr in North Baltimore, Ohio. Because it is the only middle school in the area, there are no in-town peers to compare it against; the most useful benchmarks are its district, which ranks 466 of 773 Ohio districts (40th percentile, 2 stars), and the state.
The school's clearest academic strength is 8th grade Science, where 83% of students scored proficient in 2025–2026 versus a state average of 61.2% — a gap of 21.8 percentage points — after also beating the state the prior year (76.7% vs. 63%). Math is the standout improver: 8th grade Math jumped from 33.3% to 48.9%, a 15.6-point gain, and 7th grade Math rose from 42.9% to 49%, moving from 7.1 points below the state to 0.4 points above. Even so, 8th grade Math remains 3.1 points below the state average of 52%.
English Language Arts is the main concern. Seventh grade ELA fell 12.3 points, from 63.3% to 51%, while 8th grade ELA slipped from 48.8% to 43.8% as the state average rose, leaving the school 14.5 points below the state in 8th grade — its widest negative gap. Chronic absenteeism is 15.1%, modestly above the district's 13.1%; no state comparison or prior-year trend is reported. The statewide rank has also eased, from 428 of 1046 (59th percentile, 3 stars) in 2023–2024 to 544 of 1046 (48th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026 — just below the median. Parents should note the school is small, so a few students can swing percentages, and some data is limited: free/reduced lunch is not reported, per-student spending of $12,833 dates to 2018–2019, and the student-teacher ratio of 10.6 is from 2024–2025.
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