Tuscarawas Valley Middle School, Zoarville OH

Original Research by School Decision on Tuscarawas Valley Middle School

Tuscarawas Valley Middle School is a closed institution. Based on the most recent testing data available from the school year ending in 2023, the school served grades five through eight in Zoarville, an unincorporated rural hamlet in northeast Tuscarawas County.

The school's academic profile in its final operating year showed mixed results across subjects and grade levels. In mathematics, proficiency ranged from the mid-60s to high 70s depending on grade, with sixth grade performing noticeably lower than the others. English language arts proficiency was somewhat more consistent, clustering in the high 60s to low 80s across grades. Science stood out as the school's strongest area, with proficiency in the high 80s and low 90s. Social studies data from an earlier year showed solid performance in the mid-70s.

The variation within subjects suggests that student progress in core academics was uneven across the grade span the school served. Sixth grade, in particular, showed a dip in both math and English that warrants attention when considering typical middle school transitions. The school achieved full testing participation across all administered assessments, indicating comprehensive coverage of the tested student population.

Enrollment and demographic data for the school were not available in the records. Information about free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education, English learner populations, and staffing was similarly absent, limiting a fuller picture of the school's student composition and resource allocation.

Zoarville itself is a small, car-dependent rural community with no downtown or walkable commercial core. The school campus on Tusky Valley Road NE functioned as the civic anchor for the area. The Tuscarawas Valley Local School District underwent substantial facility consolidation, opening a new middle-high school building serving grades seven through twelve in September 2023 and completing renovation of an elementary school in 2024. Tuscarawas Valley Middle School closed as part of this larger district restructuring, with students transitioning into the new 7-12 facility.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 579%

School 79% · district not reported

▲ 38 pts above state median

Grade 662%

School 62% · district not reported

▲ 39 pts above state median

Grade 765%

School 65% · district not reported

▲ 48 pts above state median

Grade 875%

School 75% · district not reported

▲ 75 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 578%

School 78% · district not reported

▲ 13 pts above state median

Grade 663%

School 63% · district not reported

▲ 22 pts above state median

Grade 777%

School 77% · district not reported

▲ 34 pts above state median

Grade 880%

School 80% · district not reported

▲ 50 pts above state median

Science

Grade 590%

School 90% · district not reported

▲ 28 pts above state median

Grade 884%

School 84% · district not reported

▲ 54 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 677%

School 77% · district not reported

▲ 13 pts above state median

This schoolTuscarawas Valley Local, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income74%Higher-income79%6 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income44%Higher-income70%26 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income69%Higher-income83%14 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income70%Higher-income83%13 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income77%Higher-income81%4 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income52%Higher-income65%13 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income58%Higher-income71%14 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income74%Higher-income75%1 pp gap