The top reported proficiency rate is 89% in Social studies. The lowest is 76% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Jacob Coy Middle School
Jacob Coy Middle School serves the sixth through eighth grades as a regular public school in Xenia, Ohio, within the Beavercreek City Schools district. The school sits on Dayton-Xenia Road, a few miles from Xenia's downtown, and draws from a mid-sized enrollment across three grade levels.
The academic profile is solid across the board. In English language arts and math, proficiency rates land above three-quarters of the school body, with reading slightly ahead of math. Science performance is notably stronger, running well above four in five students meeting state standards. A full participation rate across testing indicates no significant demographic or group gaps in assessment administration. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile when compared against other districts in Greene County, meaning it outperforms the median in the county's peer set. Trend data for the current year alone does not allow comparison to prior years, so long-term trajectory is not available from the data on hand.
The student body reflects Xenia's residential character: roughly four in five students identify as white, with smaller but meaningful populations of Asian, Black, and Hispanic students, and a small share from other backgrounds. About one in five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting a mix of middle-income and lower-income families, though not concentrating poverty. The special education and English learner counts were not available in the data, a gap that sometimes reflects data reporting lags rather than absence of these students. A parent looking for detail on support services for students with disabilities or emerging English speakers should ask the school directly.
Xenia itself is the Greene County seat, about fifteen miles east of Dayton, with a downtown built around civic institutions and anchored by the county courthouse and city hall. The city's identity is tied to its walkable downtown and its status as the Bicycle Capital of the Midwest, with four major paved rail-trails converging at Xenia Station and drawing cyclists from across the region. Housing in the area is moderately valued, with homes appreciating modestly year over year, and rental costs stable and moderate. The median household income in the county supports a generally middle-income community.
The district itself faces an ongoing capacity challenge. Voters rejected a major bond measure twice, in November 2024 and May 2025, that would have funded a new high school complex and reconfigured grade patterns across the district. That failure leaves the district managing growing enrollment with rented portable classrooms, a practical constraint on facilities that families should understand when considering the school. On the revenue side, voters approved a renewal of the largest operating levy in November 2025, which maintains current operations and services without a tax increase, providing near-term budget stability. A smaller permanent improvement levy for building maintenance and safety was also under voter consideration in 2023.
Xenia is experiencing modest new residential growth, with a new mixed-use downtown redevelopment project called the Market District underway as a public-private partnership to replace an aging shopping center, and new construction subdivisions on the residential edges. The overall population has been roughly flat to slightly rising. The local economy is diversified across healthcare, education, retail, manufacturing, and public service, with no single dominant employer, though the regional presence of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to the northwest shapes the broader job market.
Jacob Coy Middle School, in this context, serves a community-oriented, moderately affluent suburban district in a town rebuilding and stabilizing itself with careful attention to civic infrastructure and neighborhood amenities. The academic results are strong relative to county peer schools, and the student body is diverse within a predominantly white district. The main consideration a parent would face is the district's ongoing facilities constraints and the unresolved question of how enrollment growth will be managed in the absence of new building capacity.
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