The top reported proficiency rate is 78% in Social studies. The lowest is 52% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Fayetteville-perry Middle School
Fayetteville-Perry Middle School serves the three middle grades in a very small rural village at the intersection of two U.S. highways in southwestern Ohio. The school sits on a consolidated campus with the district's elementary and high school buildings, sharing support facilities like the library, cafetorium, and band room. Enrollment is small, under two hundred students spread across sixth through eighth grade, with the vast majority of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and the student body nearly entirely white.
On state assessments, the school shows mixed results. In math, slightly more than half of students reached proficiency, with average performance near the state midpoint on the scale score. English language arts proficiency ran somewhat lower, with roughly three-fifths of students meeting the standard. Science proficiency was the softest area, with just over half of students tested reaching proficiency levels. A parent may want to look into the school's approach to science instruction and support, especially given the smaller tested cohort in that subject. All three subjects showed full participation in testing, meaning the figures reflect the school's full student population rather than a subset.
Academic performance places this school below the midpoint for overall proficiency when compared against other districts in Brown County, a rural agricultural region in southwestern Ohio. The school does not report graduation rates or chronic absenteeism data, as those measures apply to high schools and district-level or building-level attendance tracking, not middle schools.
Fayetteville itself is a compact village of under one square mile, predominantly residential with a small mixed-use core where the two highways intersect. The village sits on a bend of the East Fork Little Miami River. Streets are short and walkable within the village limits, but the setting is rural and the local economy has historically been tied to agriculture and small-scale trade. Housing values in the area sit modestly above state averages. Population has declined gradually over recent decades. The school district operates the three schools from a single South Apple Street campus slightly south of the downtown, making the campus a significant civic anchor alongside the village offices on Pike Street and the branch library.
Special education and English learner enrollment data were not available in the school records. The school's website and any specialized program offerings were not provided.
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