The top reported proficiency rate is 88% in Science. The lowest is 64% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Dawson-bryant Middle School
Dawson-Bryant Middle School serves grades six through eight in Coal Grove, Ohio, a small village along the Ohio River in Lawrence County. The school draws students from the village and its surroundings in a region shaped by regional employment in health care and light industry across the river in Ashland, Kentucky, and neighboring Ironton.
The school's academic profile reflects solid performance in mathematics and science, with notably stronger results in those subjects than in English language arts. On Ohio's State Tests this year, students scored at proficient or above in math at a healthy rate, and in science at an even higher rate. English language arts proficiency runs considerably lower, a pattern many parents may want to explore further with the school's administration to understand how reading and writing instruction is structured and whether targeted support exists for students working below proficiency.
The school sits within the village itself rather than on a remote campus, embedded in the community near the district office and Paul Porter Park. The enrollment is small, typical for a rural middle school of this size. The student population is predominantly white, and free or reduced price lunch data was not available in state records, so a parent interested in understanding the school's socioeconomic makeup would need to ask the district directly.
Compared to other districts in Lawrence County, Dawson-Bryant's overall proficiency index across tested subjects places it above the midpoint. The school does not report chronic absenteeism or graduation rates because those metrics apply to different grade spans and school types; middle schools are not assessed on those measures.
Coal Grove itself is a residential community in gradual decline, with residents often commuting across the Ohio River to Ashland for work and shopping. The local housing market features older stock, and the village's recent infrastructure investment signals efforts to sustain services. The village maintains a small civic footprint with Paul Porter Park as its main green space, and daily life centers on a few main commercial intersections. Larger shopping, medical facilities, and employment draw residents to neighboring communities.
The Dawson-Bryant Local School District maintains schools within the village, and no major district-level changes or new initiatives were found in available sources. A parent considering this school should recognize it as a small-town setting with solid math and science instruction, moderate-to-lower English language arts performance, and a student body that is predominantly local and embedded in the community's rural character.
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