The top reported proficiency rate is 85% in English language arts. The lowest is 69% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Springfield Intermediate Middle School
Springfield Intermediate Middle School sits on the Springfield Local School District campus in New Middletown, a small, quiet village in southeastern Mahoning County. The school serves grades five through eight, enrolling a small population of students drawn from a predominantly white, owner-occupied residential community with a mix of white- and blue-collar households. The village itself has experienced gradual population decline, and the school sits on a separated campus along Youngstown-Pittsburgh Road rather than in the small Main Street core where the Springfield branch library anchors civic life.
The school's academic profile shows solid overall performance. On state testing, students score above the midpoint among the districts in Mahoning County on a proficiency index that averages results across tested subjects and grades. Reading and language arts is the school's strongest area, with proficiency well above what the county baseline typically shows. Science proficiency is also solid. Mathematics proficiency, while respectable and in line with county patterns, lags meaningfully behind the other subjects and represents the area where parents may want to look into what support structures the school offers and what the pathway looks like as students progress. All tested students participated in state assessments. Social studies testing data is older and no longer routinely reported at this grade band in Ohio, so that subject was not evaluated in the current snapshot.
The enrollment is small, distributed across four grades with larger classes in seventh and eighth grade. The student body is overwhelmingly white, with a small presence of Hispanic and multiracial students and a handful of Asian students; no Black or Native American students were reported. Free-or-reduced-price-lunch eligibility data and the counts of students with individualized education plans or English learner status were not available from the state, so a parent would want to ask the school directly about the economic diversity of the student body and the breadth of special services offered.
New Middletown's housing market is modest in absolute terms but has tightened somewhat in recent years; median home values sit below the state benchmark, making the community affordable by broader standards. The village has limited walkability and no public transit, so families are car-dependent for commuting and community access. Civically, the village is anchored by a small library on Main Street and the school campus itself. The broader Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area supplies employment and services that most residents access by car.
The school operates as a regular public school within the district; no magnet or charter designation applies. The state testing data provided covers only the most recent school year, so year-to-year trend information was not available. For a parent considering this school, the main academic question is how the school addresses the relative softness in math proficiency and what resources exist for students who need additional support or acceleration.
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