The U.S. News & World Report released a ranking of Ohio’s top elementary and middle schools Thursday, assessing nearly 80,000 schools across the country.

Each year, U.S. News & World Report has traditionally released a ranking list of high schools and universities in the country, and this year, they are also ranking elementary and middle schools.

In the middle and elementary rankings, schools are assessed on its share of students who were proficient or above proficient in their mathematics and reading/language arts state assessments, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Half of the formula assessed the scores themselves and the other half incorporated the test results in the context of socioeconomic demographics. States are judged individually, and the rankings use the same methodology for all included grade levels. Student-teacher ratios are applied to break ties in the overall score.

Here are the top 10 elementary schools and top 10 middle schools in Ohio, according to U.S. News & World Report:

Top 10 elementary schools

1. Miller City Elementary School: Miller City-New Cleveland Local Schools (Putnam County), serving kindergarten through grade five.
2. Wells Academy: Steubenville City Schools, serving pre-kindergarten through grade four.
3. Parkside Elementary School: Solon City Schools (near Cleveland), serving kindergarten through grade four.
4. Dorothy E. Lewis Elementary School: Solon City Schools (near Cleveland), serving kindergarten through grade four.
5. McKinley STEM Academy: Steubenville City Schools, serving pre-kindergarten through grade four.
6. Montgomery Elementary School: Sycamore Community Schools (near Cincinnati), serving kindergarten through grade four.
7. Hilltop Elementary School: Wyoming City Schools (near Cincinnati), serving grades kindergarten through grade four.
8. Russia Elementary School: Russia Local Schools (Shelby County), serving kindergarten through grade six.
9. Emerson Elementary School: Westerville City Schools (near Columbus), serving kindergarten through grade five.
10. Grace L. Roxbury Elementary School: Solon City Schools (near Cleveland), serving kindergarten through grade four.

Top 10 middle schools

1. Chestnut Ridge Elementary School: East Holmes Local Schools (Holmes County), serving kindergarten through grade eight.
2. Fort Loramie Junior-Senior High School: Fort Loramie Local Schools (Shelby County), serving grades seven through 12.
3. Mariemont Junior High School: Mariemont City Schools (near Cincinnati), serving grades seven and eight.
4. Orchard Middle School: Solon City Schools (near Cleveland), serving grades five and six.
5. School of Innovation: Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools (near Cleveland), serving grades three through eight.
6. Solon Middle School: Solon City Schools (near Cleveland), serving grades seven and eight.
7. Oakwood Junior High School: Oakwood City School District (in Dayton), serving grades seven and eight.
8. New Bremen High School: New Bremen Local Schools (Auglaize County), serving grades seven through 12.
9. Kalida High School: Kalida Local Schools (Putnam County), serving grades five through 12.
10. Russia High School: Russia Local Schools (Shelby County), serving grades seven through 12.

Written by Cole Behrens, Columbus Dispatch

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