The top reported proficiency rate is 87% in Social studies. The lowest is 74% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Boardman Center Intermediate School
Boardman Center Intermediate School serves grades four through six in a regular public school setting in Youngstown, Ohio. The school sits within Boardman Local Schools, a district that covers multiple communities in Mahoning County and has recently stabilized its funding after a contested levy cycle.
The school's academic profile shows solid performance in the most recent state testing data. In English language arts, proficiency ran in the mid-range across the state context. Mathematics proficiency was comparable. Science proficiency was similarly positioned. All three subjects showed participation rates at or near full testing, and the results place this school above the midpoint among districts in Mahoning County on a composite proficiency index. State data for social studies is not current; the most recent tested results on record are from well over a year ago.
The student body is about evenly split between students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and those who do not. Enrollment across the three grade levels is roughly balanced, with each grade containing a comparable share of the school's roughly mid-sized total enrollment for an intermediate school. The racial and ethnic makeup is predominantly white, with meaningful shares of multiracial students and modest representation of Black and Hispanic students. No current data on special education enrollment or English learner enrollment is available.
Boardman Local Schools recently faced a divided levy vote in late 2025, with one renewal passing and another failing, but voters approved a reworked millage measure in May 2026 that stabilizes school funding at a significant share of the district's operating budget. At the same time, state law changes beginning in January 2026 eliminated several levy tools that Ohio schools previously had, leaving Boardman with renewal and new millage as the only ballot options going forward. The district's five-year forecast shows revenues declining and expenses rising, creating structural budget pressure that may lead to future funding requests.
A major facilities shift is under way. The Board of Education has adopted a strategic plan that includes replacing Boardman Center Intermediate School, whose north half dates to an earlier era and south half to a later one. A new intermediate school building would be constructed on land near the junior high and high schools, creating a kindergarten-through-12 campus. This represents a significant change in where many families' children in grades four through six will attend school, and the timing and scope remain open questions as planning proceeds.
The school operates in Youngstown, a post-industrial Rust Belt city with a long history of population decline from its steel-manufacturing peak but showing signs of uneven recovery and stabilization in recent years. Downtown Youngstown and the Youngstown State University corridor have seen development activity including apartment conversion, new restaurants and nightlife, and civic investment. The broader region is rebranding around manufacturing and new industries, particularly the Ultium Cells electric vehicle battery plant, which is the area's largest employer. Housing values in the area are appreciably lower than state and national benchmarks, making homeownership and rental costs materially more affordable than broader comparisons, though employment remains a constraint in an area where industrial decline has been deep.
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