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The fastest-declining public middle schools by enrollment in Ohio

410 public middle schools in Ohio appear in this ranking of the fastest-declining public middle schools by enrollment, ranked by the steepest enrollment decline between the 2017-18 and 2024-25 school years. Chaney Middle leads the list at -65.8%, against a median of -11.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

410

Ohio

Best Enrollment change

-65.8%

Median Enrollment change

-11.4%

FASTEST DECLINING · OHIO

#	School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% Change
1	Chaney Middle	Youngstown, OH	Youngstown City	740	253	-65.8%
2	Felicity-Franklin Local Junior High School	Felicity, OH	Felicity-Franklin Local	302	106	-64.9%
3	Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Junior High School	Ripley, OH	Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington Local	254	102	-59.8%
4	Grand Valley Middle School	Orwell, OH	Grand Valley Local	374	172	-54.0%
5	Waterloo Middle School	Atwater, OH	Waterloo Local	261	131	-49.8%
6	Henry Defer Intermediate Elementary School	Streetsboro, OH	Streetsboro City	542	288	-46.9%
7	Black River Education Center Middle School	Sullivan, OH	Black River Local	269	153	-43.1%
8	Heritage Middle School	Westerville, OH	Westerville City	1,024	592	-42.2%
9	Central Elementary School	New Philadelphia, OH	New Philadelphia City	337	195	-42.1%
10	West Carrollton Middle School	West Carrollton, OH	West Carrollton City	824	479	-41.9%
11	Elida Middle School	Elida, OH	Elida Local	800	467	-41.6%
12	Crestview Middle School	Ashland, OH	Crestview Local	439	271	-38.3%
13	Carlisle Junior High School	Carlisle, OH	Carlisle Local	392	242	-38.3%
14	Columbus City Preparatory School for Girls	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	316	196	-38.0%
15	Coventry Middle School	Akron, OH	Coventry Local	665	427	-35.8%
16	Fairfield Local Middle School	Leesburg, OH	Fairfield Local	304	198	-34.9%
17	Walnut Springs Middle School	Westerville, OH	Westerville City	938	613	-34.6%
18	Chagrin Falls Middle School	Chagrin Falls, OH	Chagrin Falls Exempted Village	338	224	-33.7%
19	Port Clinton Middle School	Port Clinton, OH	Port Clinton City	436	292	-33.0%
20	Canton South Middle School	Canton, OH	Canton Local	564	378	-33.0%
21	Garfield Heights Middle School	Garfield Heights, OH	Garfield Heights City Schools	800	541	-32.4%
22	Barberton Middle School	Barberton, OH	Barberton City	1,095	741	-32.3%
23	Ross Middle School	Hamilton, OH	Ross Local	928	628	-32.3%
24	Oak Harbor Intermediate School	Oak Harbor, OH	Benton Carroll Salem Local	465	315	-32.3%
25	Adena Middle School	Frankfort, OH	Adena Local	385	263	-31.7%
26	Rodger O. Borror Middle School	Wilmington, OH	Wilmington City	655	451	-31.1%
27	James A Garfield Middle School	Garrettsville, OH	James A Garfield Local	242	168	-30.6%
28	Litchfield Community Learning Center	Akron, OH	Akron City	672	469	-30.2%
29	Lakeview Middle School	Cortland, OH	Lakeview Local	530	370	-30.2%
30	Schrop Intermediate School	Akron, OH	Springfield Local	543	382	-29.7%
31	Northwest Middle School	Mc Dermott, OH	Northwest Local	351	247	-29.6%
32	Badger Middle School	Kinsman, OH	Joseph Badger Local	237	168	-29.1%
33	Manchester Middle School	Akron, OH	Manchester Local	387	275	-28.9%
34	William S Guy Middle School	Youngstown, OH	Liberty Local	357	254	-28.9%
35	Pleasant View Middle School	Grove City, OH	South-Western City	902	651	-27.8%
36	Westgate Middle School	East Liverpool, OH	East Liverpool City	391	285	-27.1%
37	Mapleton Middle School	Ashland, OH	Mapleton Local	235	172	-26.8%
38	Rittman Middle School	Rittman, OH	Rittman Exempted Village	259	190	-26.6%
39	Chesapeake Middle School	Chesapeake, OH	Chesapeake Union Exempted Village	464	342	-26.3%
40	Gibsonburg Middle School	Gibsonburg, OH	Gibsonburg Exempted Village	213	157	-26.3%
41	Newcomerstown Middle School	Newcomerstown, OH	Newcomerstown Exempted Village	244	182	-25.4%
42	Indian Creek Middle School Grades 7 & 8	Mingo Junction, OH	Indian Creek Local	333	249	-25.2%
43	Mifflin Alternative Middle School	Columbus, OH	Columbus City Schools District	475	356	-25.1%
44	Willowick Middle School	Willowick, OH	Willoughby-Eastlake City	538	404	-24.9%
45	Southeastern Middle School	Chillicothe, OH	Southeastern Local	374	281	-24.9%
46	Bethel-Tate Middle School	Bethel, OH	Bethel-Tate Local	396	298	-24.7%
47	Hilliard Tharp Sixth Grade Elementary School	Hilliard, OH	Hilliard City	680	512	-24.7%
48	Lewis F Mayer Middle School	Fairview Park, OH	Fairview Park City	414	314	-24.2%
49	Clarendon Intermediate School	Canton, OH	Canton City	340	258	-24.1%
50	Willoughby Middle School	Willoughby, OH	Willoughby-Eastlake City	663	509	-23.2%

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