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Enrollment
859
Middle
DISTRICT 883 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMHERST EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390451902119
Amherst Junior High School
548 Milan Ave, Amherst, OH 44001 · (440) 988-0324 · Lorain County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL859 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of Ohio public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
300 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 278 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 272 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 309 | 36% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 54% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Amherst Junior High School→Marion L Steele High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Amherst Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
70.6%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.9pp since 2021
Math
78.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.6% | 78.7% |
| 2023-24 | 64.9% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 70.7% | 76.9% |
| 2021-22 | 67.7% | 75.1% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
71.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Amherst Junior High School
Amherst Junior High School's state test result (71.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst Junior High School this school | 859 | 34.9% | 71.4% |
| Bowling Green Middle School Bowling Green | 589 | 37.2% | 69.6% |
| Hilliard Weaver Middle School Hilliard | 917 | 33.3% | 70.8% |
| Henry F Lamuth Middle School Painesville | 703 | 37.1% | 70.3% |
| Hilliard Heritage Middle School Hilliard | 791 | 32.5% | 67.1% |
| Hilliard Station Sixth Grade Elementary School Hilliard | 763 | 41.3% | 71.0% |
Matched among Ohio middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Amherst Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lorain County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.4% | #172 of 316 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #147 of 637 ▲ 40 | #5 of 22 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #224 of 637 ▲ 60 | #7 of 22 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.3pp | #274 of 629 | #8 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 859 | #55 of 654 | #3 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #514 of 577 | #20 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.6% | #194 of 579 | #8 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #185 of 319 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #158 of 169 | #7 of 7 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
859
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
+74% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 19.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 859 | 41.5 | 20.7:1 | 35% (300) |
| 2023-24 | 856 | 46 | 18.6:1 | 36% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 867 | 46 | 18.9:1 | 31% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 849 | 44 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 849 | 46 | 18.4:1 | 24% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 639 | 37 | 17.3:1 | 25% (158) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 23% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 35 | 17.5:1 | 8% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 31 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Amherst Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (849 to 859); teachers down 10% (46 to 41.5).
About Amherst Junior High School
Amherst Junior High School is a large middle school for students in Amherst, Ohio. In all, 859 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8. That is 78% larger than the average of about 482 students for middle schools in Ohio.
Amherst Exempted Village has 4 schools and 3,533 students, and Amherst Junior High School is one of those schools.
The largest group at Amherst Junior High School is White students, at 73%. Other groups make up 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 44%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.7:1. The school has 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio is 3.7 students per teacher. In all, 35% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Lorain County is close, at 33%.
Among Ohio public middle schools, Amherst Junior High School outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Amherst Junior High School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (71.4%) and its predicted rate (75.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools.
Census data for Lorain County show median household income comes to about $73,347, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 92 public schools in the county, enrolling about 42,516, Amherst Junior High School among them.
Powers Elementary School sits about 0.1 miles from Amherst Junior High School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Amherst Junior High School places 3rd of 4 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Amherst Junior High School falls in the Suburb: Mid-size locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 849 in 2020-21 and 859 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 20.7:1, from 19.3:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Lorain County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,129
Census ACS
Median income
$73,347
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
42,516 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Amherst Exempted Village
- Powers Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,104 students
- Marion L Steele High SchoolHigh · 1,014 students
- Walter G. Nord Middle SchoolElementary · 556 students
Other schools in Amherst
- Powers Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,104 students
- Marion L Steele High SchoolHigh · 1,014 students
- Walter G. Nord Middle SchoolElementary · 556 students
Nearby schools
- Powers Elementary School0.1 mi · 1,104
- Marion L Steele High School1.0 mi · 1,014
- Walter G. Nord Middle School1.0 mi · 556
- Lorain Preparatory Academy3.2 mi · 416
- Toni Wofford Morrison ES3.4 mi · 324
- Frank Jacinto Elementary4.2 mi · 307
Frequently asked questions
About Amherst Junior High SchoolHow large is Amherst Junior High School?
Amherst Junior High School enrolls approximately 859 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Amherst Junior High School serve?
Amherst Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Amherst Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Amherst Junior High School is approximately 20.7:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Amherst Junior High School?
Amherst Junior High School reports a student body of 73% White, 17% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Amherst Junior High School in?
Amherst Junior High School is part of Amherst Exempted Village.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.