Middletown Preparatory & Fitness Academy, Middletown OH

Original Research by School Decision on Middletown Preparatory & Fitness Academy

Middletown Preparatory & Fitness Academy is a public charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in Middletown, Ohio. It is a single-school district operating under the Performance Academies network. The school enrolls a small student body, drawn from a diverse student population that is roughly split between Hispanic and Black students, with smaller shares of white and multiracial students. Data on free-or-reduced-price lunch eligibility and English learner or special education enrollment rates were not available.

State testing results show low proficiency rates across the tested grades. In mathematics and English language arts combined grades 3-8 testing, proficiency runs in the low-to-mid range. Science proficiency is notably weaker. The one available social studies data point, from several years ago, showed modestly above-the-threshold performance in fourth grade. Within the comparison of districts in Butler County, this school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile. The school's graduation rate is not applicable because it does not serve high school grades.

A significant structural change is underway: the school is launching an inaugural ninth grade class in a new companion school, Middletown Performance High School. For families in Middletown considering this network, this means the possibility of a tuition-free K-12 pathway staying within the same school system, a continuity that did not previously exist. That transition is still early, so longer-term results are not yet available.

Middletown itself is a mid-sized city positioned between Cincinnati and Dayton, with a historic manufacturing core anchored by steel and paper industries that have given way to a more diversified economy. The downtown has undergone revitalization effort in recent years, with restored historic buildings, walkable retail and restaurant streets, and a library system serving the area. Residential neighborhoods are predominantly single-family homes built in the mid-twentieth century, with modest new townhome development occurring on the edges near the interstate corridor. Housing values in the area are slightly below the state benchmark, and the local unemployment rate is moderate.

The school is located at 816 2nd Avenue in Middletown. A parent may want to speak directly with the school about the low science proficiency results and what instructional or support changes are planned to address them, as well as about the transition to high school and what curriculum and expectations will carry forward from the middle grades.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grades 3-839%

School 39% · district not reported

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

English language arts

Grades 3-838%

School 38% · district not reported

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Science

Grades 3-812%

School 12% · district not reported

▼ 54 pts below state median · ▼ 54 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 452%

School 52% · district not reported

▼ 31 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

Grade 636%

School 36% · district not reported

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.