Bellefontaine Middle School

Set in Bellefontaine, Ohio, Bellefontaine Middle School is a medium-sized 6-8 campus, part of Bellefontaine City. It teaches 465 students across grades 6 through 8.

Bellefontaine Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Bellefontaine City, a district that enrolls 2,229 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bellefontaine Middle School lists that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 11% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Bellefontaine Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Bellefontaine Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Logan County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,551, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Logan County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,357 students), Bellefontaine Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Bellefontaine Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bellefontaine Middle School comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 66.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bellefontaine Middle School's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 531 (now 465). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

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