The top reported proficiency rate is 77% in Science. The lowest is 39% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on North Baltimore Middle School
North Baltimore Middle School is a small middle school serving seventh and eighth grade students in a rural Wood County village in northwest Ohio. The school sits within North Baltimore itself, a blue-collar village of roughly midsize population built around 1870s railroad origins and the late-19th-century oil boom, now anchored by the CSX Northwest Ohio Intermodal Terminal, a major freight rail hub that opened in the early 2020s just outside town along Interstate 75.
The school's academic performance shows strength in science and reasonable proficiency in reading, but math performance lags. On Ohio's state tests, about two-thirds of students reached proficiency in science, more than half reached proficiency in English language arts, but fewer than half met the math standard. This profile places the school at the bottom of the proficiency comparison when measured against other districts in Wood County. The gap in math is particularly notable; a parent may want to ask the school directly about its approach to math instruction and any targeted support for students who need help with computational or problem-solving skills.
The student body is roughly typical for a rural northwest Ohio village: the vast majority of students are white, with a meaningful Hispanic student population and very small numbers of students of other backgrounds. Enrollment is small, sitting just above a hundred students split fairly evenly between the two grades. The school does not report free-or-reduced-price lunch participation, special education enrollment, or English learner enrollment in the available data; this may reflect the small size of these populations, the nature of the district's reporting, or both. No data on chronic absenteeism or discipline was available.
North Baltimore village itself is a walkable historic core with a compact downtown of brick storefronts, locally owned restaurants, and the Virginia Theater, surrounded by gridded residential streets of Victorian and Colonial homes. The village has no public transit system; most shopping beyond the downtown requires a car. The North Baltimore Public Library at North Main Street serves as a civic anchor, offering community programs and partnering with the theater for film events. Housing values in the area are well below state and national medians, and mortgage payments on a typical home would be quite affordable. The village's economy centers on production and manufacturing work, with many residents commuting along the I-75 corridor to jobs in Findlay or the Bowling Green-Toledo area.
The district brief search did not surface recent referenda, levy votes, or major curriculum changes with documented parent impact, so limited information is available on district-level strategic direction or initiatives. A parent considering this school may benefit from asking the district directly about its priorities and any plans to address the math performance gap.
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