Enrollment
368
Middle
DISTRICT 389 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLAIRE LOCAL·NCES 390435704193
Bellaire Middle School
54555 Bellaire-Neffs Rd, Bellaire, OH 43906 · (740) 676-1635 · Belmont County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Ohio public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
13.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
253 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 5 | 97 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 91 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 23% |
| Grade 8 | 96 | 26% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Bellaire Middle School→Bellaire High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bellaire Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
59.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.7pp since 2021
Math
81.9%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.7% | 81.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.2% | 82.2% |
| 2022-23 | 63.5% | 84.2% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 83.7% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 11 points, placing it in Ohio's top 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 Bellaire Middle School
Bellaire Middle School's state test result (73.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellaire Middle School this school | 368 | 68.8% | 73.7% |
| Urbana Junior High School Urbana | 387 | 63.0% | 52.6% |
| Eastlake Middle School Eastlake | 330 | 64.5% | 55.9% |
| Schrop Intermediate School Akron | 382 | 73.3% | 58.2% |
| LaBrae Middle School Leavittsburg | 236 | 68.2% | 56.7% |
| Crestview Middle School Ashland | 271 | 62.4% | 67.5% |
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 Bellaire Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Belmont County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #145 of 316 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.9% | #105 of 637 ▼ 4 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #396 of 637 ▲ 11 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #382 of 629 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #409 of 654 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #82 of 577 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.9% | #309 of 579 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.8% | #26 of 319 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #300 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
368
+25 (+7%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 418
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 368 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 69% (253) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 27 | 12.4:1 | 68% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 61% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 343 | 27 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 60% (236) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 58% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 418 | 27 | 15.5:1 | 61% (253) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bellaire Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (393 to 368); teachers up 4% (26 to 27).
About Bellaire Middle School
Bellaire Middle School is a small middle school in Bellaire, Ohio, administered by Bellaire Local. The school's 368 students are in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment is 24% lower than the average for middle schools in Ohio, which is about 482.
Bellaire Local is made up of 3 schools with 1,167 students in all.
The student body at Bellaire Middle School is 84% White. Other groups make up 9% multiracial and 5% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 28% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 27 full-time-equivalent teachers at Bellaire Middle School and a ratio of 13.6:1. This ratio sits 3.4 below the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 69% of students.
Measured against Ohio public middle schools, Bellaire Middle School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Bellaire Middle School beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 10.9 points (73.7% versus 62.8%), a top-10% result in Ohio on BeatsExpectations.
Belmont County has about 65,473 residents, and the median household income is $57,017, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Bellaire Middle School, Belmont County has 22 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Bellaire Middle School to another public school is about 1.4 miles, to Bellaire Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 4 closest schools with test data, this one included, Bellaire Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Bellaire Middle School's enrollment grew from 343 in 2020-21 to 368 in 2024-25.
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Belmont County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,473
Census ACS
Median income
$57,017
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
8,619 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bellaire Local
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolElementary · 489 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 310 students
Other schools in Bellaire
- Bellaire Elementary SchoolElementary · 489 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 310 students
Nearby schools
- Bellaire Elementary School1.4 mi · 489
- Bellaire High School3.2 mi · 310
- The Bridgeport School DIstrict - Middle School3.6 mi · 218
- The Bridgeport School District - High School3.6 mi · 198
- The Bridgeport School District - Elementary3.6 mi · 338
- Leona Ave Middle School4.3 mi · 190
Frequently asked questions
About Bellaire Middle SchoolHow many students attend Bellaire Middle School?
Bellaire Middle School enrolls approximately 368 students in grades 05-08.
Is Bellaire Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bellaire Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bellaire Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bellaire Middle School is approximately 13.6:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bellaire Middle School?
Student demographics at Bellaire Middle School are roughly 84% White, 1% Hispanic, 5% Black, 9% Two or more.
What district is Bellaire Middle School in?
Bellaire Middle School is part of Bellaire Local.
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