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Enrollment
496
Middle
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BENJAMIN LOGAN LOCAL·NCES 390480703103
Benjamin Logan Middle School
4626 County Road 26, Bellefontaine, OH 43311 · (937) 599-2386 · Logan County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 62% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
17.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
208 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 5 | 142 | 29% |
| Grade 6 | 126 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 117 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 111 | 22% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Benjamin Logan Middle School→Benjamin Logan High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Benjamin Logan Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.9pp since 2021
Math
72.9%
OH avg 56.1% . -3.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.3% | 72.9% |
| 2023-24 | 69.5% | 75.9% |
| 2022-23 | 73.8% | 79.1% |
| 2021-22 | 69.3% | 76.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Benjamin Logan Middle School
Benjamin Logan Middle School's state test result (73.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Logan Middle School this school | 496 | 41.9% | 73.8% |
| Tri-Valley Middle School Dresden | 475 | 41.7% | 68.1% |
| Greeneview Middle School Jamestown | 440 | 40.2% | 69.8% |
| Northwest Middle School Canal Fulton | 405 | 40.0% | 82.1% |
| Highland Middle School Marengo | 389 | 40.4% | 65.3% |
| Licking Valley Middle School Newark | 523 | 36.3% | 59.9% |
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 Benjamin Logan Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #144 of 316 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #242 of 637 ▼ 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #281 of 637 ▼ 70 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #74 of 629 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #266 of 654 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #325 of 577 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.1% | #527 of 579 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.9% | #147 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #241 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
496
-44 (-8%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 19.3:1
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 | 496 | 29 | 17.1:1 | 42% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 39% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 29 | 17.3:1 | 22% (112) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 28 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 30 | 18.3:1 | 32% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 32% (174) |
| 2010-11 | 565 | 34 | 16.6:1 | 30% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 641 | 31 | 20.7:1 | 10% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 461 | 25 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Benjamin Logan Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (550 to 496); teachers down 3% (30 to 29).
About Benjamin Logan Middle School
In Bellefontaine, Ohio, Benjamin Logan Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school. A total of 496 students attend the school, which covers grades 5 through 8.
Benjamin Logan Middle School is run by Benjamin Logan Local, whose 3 schools enroll 1,591 students.
Benjamin Logan Middle School's enrollment is 95% White. The school is also 4% multiracial. For comparison, Logan County is about 92% White. The school's diversity index is 10%, meaning two students picked at random have a 10% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 29 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.1:1. For comparison, middle schools in Ohio average 17.0:1. The school's lunch program data list 42% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for Benjamin Logan Middle School is B. Compared with Ohio public middle schools, the school scored higher than 62% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Benjamin Logan Middle School is +0.8 points: 73.8% actual, 73.0% predicted.
Within Logan County, the median household income is $71,551, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Besides Benjamin Logan Middle School, Logan County has 12 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Benjamin Logan Elementary School, at about 0.1 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Benjamin Logan Middle School ranks 1st on proficiency.
Benjamin Logan Middle School is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
Over 4 years, Benjamin Logan Middle School's enrollment declined 8%, to 496. The number of students per teacher fell from 19.3 to 17.1 over 4 years.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Logan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,089
Census ACS
Median income
$71,551
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
6,357 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Benjamin Logan Local
- Benjamin Logan Elementary SchoolElementary · 587 students
- Benjamin Logan High SchoolHigh · 508 students
Other schools in Bellefontaine
- Bellefontaine High SchoolHigh · 643 students
- Bellefontaine Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
- Benjamin Logan Elementary SchoolElementary · 587 students
- Ohio Hi-PointHigh · 586 students
- Benjamin Logan High SchoolHigh · 508 students
- Bellefontaine Intermediate SchoolElementary · 505 students
Nearby schools
- Benjamin Logan Elementary School0.1 mi · 587
- Benjamin Logan High School0.1 mi · 508
- Ohio Hi-Point4.3 mi · 586
- Bellefontaine Intermediate School6.1 mi · 505
- Bellefontaine Elementary School6.4 mi · 616
- Bellefontaine Middle School6.6 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Benjamin Logan Middle SchoolHow many students attend Benjamin Logan Middle School?
Benjamin Logan Middle School enrolls approximately 496 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Benjamin Logan Middle School serve?
Benjamin Logan Middle School serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Benjamin Logan Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Benjamin Logan Middle School is approximately 17.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Benjamin Logan Middle School?
Student demographics at Benjamin Logan Middle School are roughly 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Benjamin Logan Middle School?
Benjamin Logan Middle School is overseen by Benjamin Logan Local in Logan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.