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How has Bath Middle School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
417
Middle
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BATH LOCAL·NCES 390457602336
Bath Middle School
2700 Bible Rd, Lima, OH 45801 · (419) 221-1839 · Allen County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
188 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 133 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 134 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 150 | 36% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Bath Middle School→Bath High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bath Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
77.1%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.6pp since 2021
Math
76.0%
OH avg 56.1% . -7.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.1% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.7% | 78.9% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 83.5% |
| 2021-22 | 79.7% | 83.8% |
% 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
79.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Bath Middle School
Bath Middle School's state test result (79.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath Middle School this school | 417 | 45.1% | 79.2% |
| Heath Middle School Heath | 394 | 43.9% | 73.8% |
| Pleasant Middle School Marion | 438 | 42.5% | 65.7% |
| Swanton Middle School Swanton | 379 | 41.4% | 73.5% |
| Midview Middle School Grafton | 427 | 46.8% | 70.1% |
| Crestwood Intermediate School Mantua | 323 | 44.6% | 57.4% |
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 Bath Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Allen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.2% | #92 of 316 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #188 of 637 ▼ 45 | #3 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.1% | #137 of 637 ▼ 28 | #3 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.2pp | #47 of 629 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #345 of 654 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #479 of 577 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.2% | #330 of 579 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #128 of 319 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #328 of 410 | N/A |
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
417
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 698
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 417 | 21 | 19.9:1 | 45% (188) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 21 | 19.5:1 | 46% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | N/A | N/A | 43% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 23 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 24 | 18.3:1 | 46% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 395 | 22 | 17.9:1 | 49% (195) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | 30 | 20.9:1 | 40% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 39 | 16.5:1 | 19% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 698 | 34 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bath Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (438 to 417); teachers down 12% (24 to 21).
About Bath Middle School
Students in Lima, Ohio, attend Bath Middle School, a mid-sized middle school. It teaches 417 students in grades 6 through 8.
Bath Local includes 4 schools. Together they enroll 1,588 students.
The share of students at Bath Middle School who are White is 86%. Enrollment also includes 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 26, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 21 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.9:1. Middle schools in Ohio have an average ratio of 17.0:1. About 45% of students at Bath Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Bath Middle School is 7.4 points above its prediction. Actual: 79.2%. Predicted: 71.8%.
In Allen County, median household income comes to about $64,038, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Allen County counts 36 public schools with about 14,579 students.
Bath Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Bath High School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
Locale data from NCES put Bath Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000 (Suburb: Small).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 417, starting from 412. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 17.9:1 in 2020-21 to 19.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Allen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
101,348
Census ACS
Median income
$64,038
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
14,579 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bath Local
- Bath Elementary SchoolElementary · 727 students
- Bath High SchoolHigh · 437 students
- Bath Digital AcademyHigh · 7 students
Other schools in Lima
- Lima Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,004 students
- Apollo Career CenterHigh · 745 students
- Bath Elementary SchoolElementary · 727 students
- Shawnee Middle SchoolMiddle · 712 students
- Shawnee High SchoolHigh · 673 students
- Elmwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
Other Bath Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bath Middle. Bath Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Bath Middle SchoolBath, ME · 317 students
- Bath Middle SchoolBATH, MI · 241 students
Nearby schools
- Bath High School0.2 mi · 437
- Bath Digital Academy0.2 mi · 7
- Bath Elementary School0.2 mi · 727
- Lima North Middle School3.0 mi · 321
- Lima Senior High School3.1 mi · 1,004
- Freedom Elementary School3.4 mi · 235
Frequently asked questions
About Bath Middle SchoolHow large is Bath Middle School?
Bath Middle School enrolls approximately 417 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Bath Middle School serve?
Bath Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Bath Middle School?
Approximately 19.9:1 students per teacher at Bath Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bath Middle School?
At Bath Middle School, the student body is approximately 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bath Middle School public or private?
Bath Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bath Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.