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The public middle schools with the biggest test-score declines in Ohio

This ranking covers the public middle schools with the biggest test-score declines in Ohio, drawn from 629 qualifying public middle schools. South Gallia Middle School leads the list at -14.6pp, against a median of +2.5pp across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

629

Ohio

Best 3-yr change

-14.6pp

Median 3-yr change

+2.5pp

BIGGEST DECLINES · OHIO

#	School	City	District	Students	3 yrs ago	Latest	Change
1	South Gallia Middle School	Crown City, OH	Gallia County Local	120	40.2%	25.6%	-14.6pp
2	Jefferson Middle School	Delphos, OH	Delphos City	248	76.6%	63.2%	-13.3pp
3	Southeast Junior High School	Diamond, OH	Southeast Local	334	66.8%	54.3%	-12.5pp
4	Adena Middle School	Frankfort, OH	Adena Local	263	51.5%	39.2%	-12.2pp
5	Buckeye Local Junior High	Rayland, OH	Buckeye Local	299	54.7%	43.0%	-11.7pp
6	Constellation Schools: Old Brooklyn Community Middle	Cleveland, OH	Constellation Schools: Old Brooklyn Community Middle	265	28.7%	17.2%	-11.6pp
7	Sandusky Middle School	Sandusky, OH	Sandusky City	418	44.2%	32.7%	-11.5pp
8	Baldwin Road Junior High School	Reynoldsburg, OH	Reynoldsburg City	781	52.9%	41.8%	-11.2pp
9	Durling Middle School	Lorain, OH	Clearview Local	448	46.6%	35.8%	-10.8pp
10	Geneva Middle School	Geneva, OH	Geneva Area City	449	54.4%	44.1%	-10.3pp
11	Madison-Plains Intermediate School	London, OH	Madison-Plains Local	269	72.6%	62.3%	-10.3pp
12	Western Elementary School	Latham, OH	Western Local	170	49.2%	39.1%	-10.1pp
13	Clermont Northeastern Middle School	Batavia, OH	Clermont Northeastern Local	300	55.0%	45.3%	-9.8pp
14	Cardington-Lincoln Middle School	Cardington, OH	Cardington-Lincoln Local	283	60.5%	50.9%	-9.5pp
15	Tri-County North Middle School	Lewisburg, OH	Tri-County North Local	227	67.8%	58.3%	-9.5pp
16	Eastern Middle School	Beaver, OH	Eastern Local School District	191	59.2%	49.9%	-9.3pp
17	Massillon Junior High School	Massillon, OH	Massillon City	607	61.6%	52.9%	-8.7pp
18	Alliance Middle School	Alliance, OH	Alliance City	584	53.9%	45.3%	-8.6pp
19	Fayetteville-Perry Middle School	Fayetteville, OH	Fayetteville-Perry Local	163	67.8%	60.0%	-7.9pp
20	North Union Middle School	Richwood, OH	North Union Local School District	325	65.7%	57.8%	-7.9pp
21	Edgewood Middle School	Wooster, OH	Wooster City	704	67.1%	59.4%	-7.7pp
22	Lima West Middle School	Lima, OH	Lima City	334	30.5%	22.9%	-7.6pp
23	Franklin Junior High School	Franklin, OH	Franklin City	617	64.2%	56.7%	-7.5pp
24	Jackson Middle School	Jackson, OH	Jackson City	525	66.5%	59.1%	-7.4pp
25	Wellston Middle School	Wellston, OH	Wellston City	294	56.0%	48.9%	-7.1pp
26	Elmwood Middle School	Bloomdale, OH	Elmwood Local	326	67.2%	60.4%	-6.8pp
27	Hillsboro Middle School	Hillsboro, OH	Hillsboro City	472	71.5%	64.8%	-6.6pp
28	Joseph Welty Middle School	New Philadelphia, OH	New Philadelphia City	668	75.9%	69.3%	-6.6pp
29	Swanton Middle School	Swanton, OH	Swanton Local	379	78.8%	72.2%	-6.6pp
30	Pandora-Gilboa Middle School	Pandora, OH	Pandora-Gilboa Local	158	78.9%	72.4%	-6.5pp
31	Barberton Middle School	Barberton, OH	Barberton City	741	56.6%	50.3%	-6.3pp
32	Pleasant View Middle School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	651	57.5%	51.2%	-6.3pp
33	Westwood Middle School	Elyria, OH	Elyria City Schools	480	45.5%	39.3%	-6.2pp
34	West Carrollton Middle School	West Carrollton, OH	West Carrollton City	479	48.5%	42.3%	-6.2pp
35	Mifflin Alternative Middle School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	356	16.9%	10.7%	-6.1pp
36	Brookside Middle School	Sheffield Village, OH	Sheffield-Sheffield Lake City	259	72.6%	66.6%	-6.1pp
37	Newton Falls Junior High School	Newton Falls, OH	Newton Falls Exempted Village	192	49.5%	43.4%	-6.1pp
38	Triad Middle School	North Lewisburg, OH	Triad Local	233	66.8%	60.7%	-6.1pp
39	Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Middle	Lorain, OH	Constellation Schools: Lorain Community Middle	102	21.5%	15.6%	-5.9pp
40	Lakeside Junior High School	Ashtabula, OH	Ashtabula Area City	398	44.9%	39.3%	-5.6pp
41	LaBrae Middle School	Leavittsburg, OH	LaBrae Local	236	59.1%	53.5%	-5.6pp
42	Miami Trace Middle School	Washington Court House, OH	Miami Trace Local	611	68.9%	63.5%	-5.4pp
43	Akros Middle School	Akron, OH	Akros Middle School	127	25.5%	20.2%	-5.3pp
44	Roberts Middle School	Cuyahoga Falls, OH	Cuyahoga Falls City School District	372	52.2%	47.0%	-5.3pp
45	Kilbourne Middle School	Worthington, OH	Worthington City	464	80.5%	75.2%	-5.3pp
46	The Bridgeport School DIstrict - Middle School	Bridgeport, OH	Bridgeport Exempted Village	218	55.0%	49.8%	-5.2pp
47	Bath Middle School	Lima, OH	Bath Local	417	81.7%	76.6%	-5.2pp
48	Southeastern Jr. High School	South Charleston, OH	Southeastern Local	101	75.6%	70.4%	-5.2pp
49	New Richmond Middle School	New Richmond, OH	New Richmond Exempted Village	441	61.1%	56.2%	-4.9pp
50	Malvern Middle School	Malvern, OH	Brown Local	143	50.2%	45.4%	-4.9pp

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