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Enrollment
694
Middle
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASHLAND CITY·NCES 390435000076
Ashland Middle School
1520 King Rd, Ashland, OH 44805 · (419) 289-7966 · Ashland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL694 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
15.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
344 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 232 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 227 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 235 | 34% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Ashland Middle School→Ashland High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ashland City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
69.3%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.1pp since 2021
Math
75.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.3% | 75.5% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 75.2% |
| 2022-23 | 67.6% | 73.6% |
| 2021-22 | 67.2% | 72.0% |
% 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
70.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Ashland Middle School
Ashland Middle School's state test result (70.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashland Middle School this school | 694 | 49.6% | 70.1% |
| Wapakoneta Middle School Wapakoneta | 614 | 47.1% | 73.5% |
| Edgewood Middle School Wooster | 704 | 51.3% | 63.9% |
| Miami Trace Middle School Washington Court House | 611 | 47.6% | 65.7% |
| Edgewood Middle School Trenton | 801 | 50.6% | 54.5% |
| West Muskingum Middle School Zanesville | 514 | 52.1% | 68.2% |
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 Ashland Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #186 of 316 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #197 of 637 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #248 of 637 ▲ 91 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #300 of 629 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 694 | #130 of 654 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #244 of 577 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.8% | #440 of 579 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.6% | #100 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #337 of 410 |
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
694
-73 (-10%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 694 | 44 | 15.8:1 | 50% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 710 | 46.3 | 15.3:1 | 38% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 735 | 39.8 | 18.5:1 | 34% (250) |
| 2020-21 | 767 | 40 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 726 | 44 | 16.5:1 | 37% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 734 | 40 | 18.4:1 | 49% (360) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 47% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 46 | 12.8:1 | 20% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 628 | 37 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ashland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (726 to 694); teachers unchanged (44 to 44).
About Ashland Middle School
Ashland Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Ohio, with an address in Ashland. It educates 694 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Ohio is about 482 students.
In Ashland City, 5 schools enroll a combined 3,007 students.
Ashland Middle School enrolls a student body that is 91% White. It is also 4% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. For comparison, Ashland County is about 95% White. By the diversity index, Ashland Middle School comes in at 17%.
Ashland Middle School counts 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.8 students for each one. The 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio is higher than this school's figure. About 50% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Ashland County, the average is about the same, 50%.
Ashland Middle School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 62% of Ohio public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Ashland Middle School is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 70.1% actual, 70.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Ohio.
Ashland County has about 52,256 residents, and median household income is about $69,860, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 21 public schools in Ashland County, with a combined enrollment of about 6,940.
The closest public school to Ashland Middle School is Ashland High School, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 6. Ashland Middle School comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Town: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Ashland Middle School saw enrollment fall 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 19.2 to 15.8 over 4 years.
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Ashland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
52,256
Census ACS
Median income
$69,860
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
6,940 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ashland City
- Ashland High SchoolHigh · 910 students
- Reagan Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- Taft Intermediate SchoolElementary · 460 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
Other schools in Ashland
- Ashland High SchoolHigh · 910 students
- Reagan Elementary SchoolElementary · 532 students
- Taft Intermediate SchoolElementary · 460 students
- Ashland-W Holmes Career CenterHigh · 440 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
- Mapleton Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
Other Ashland Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Ashland Middle. Ashland Middle School is the largest of the 5.
- Ashland MiddleAshland, MA · 685 students
- Ashland Middle SchoolAshland, KY · 671 students
- Ashland Middle SchoolAshland, OR · 529 students
- Ashland MiddleAshland, WI · 383 students
Nearby schools
- Ashland High School0.1 mi · 910
- Taft Intermediate School0.3 mi · 460
- Reagan Elementary School1.6 mi · 532
- Ashland County Community Academy1.6 mi · 61
- Edison Elementary School1.9 mi · 411
- Ashland-W Holmes Career Center4.7 mi · 440
Frequently asked questions
About Ashland Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ashland Middle School?
Ashland Middle School enrolls approximately 694 students in grades 06-08.
Is Ashland Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ashland Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ashland Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ashland Middle School is approximately 15.8:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ashland Middle School?
At Ashland Middle School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Ashland Middle School public or private?
Ashland Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ashland City.
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