Archbold Middle School

Archbold Middle School, a modestly sized junior high in Archbold, Ohio, part of Archbold-Area Local, serves 345 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 28% below the state mean of about 482.

Archbold-Area Local comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,112 students; Archbold Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Archbold Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Fulton County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 30% of students at Archbold Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fulton County (around 44%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Archbold Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 77.6%; this one delivers 80.6%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Fulton County put median household income runs about $72,864, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Fulton County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,935 students), of which Archbold Middle School is one.

Archbold Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Archbold Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Archbold Middle School at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 73.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Archbold Middle School has contracted 10%, going from 383 students in 2018 to 345 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 27.4:1 in 2025.

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