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Alumni: what's one memory from Berkshire Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
388
Middle
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKSHIRE LOCAL·NCES 390471602781
Berkshire Middle School
14155 Claridon Troy Rd, Burton, OH 44021 · (440) 834-4616 · Geauga County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL388 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% 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.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
19.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
145 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 97 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 92 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 94 | 24% |
| Grade 8 | 105 | 27% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
Berkshire Middle School→Berkshire High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Berkshire Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
65.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +4.4pp since 2021
Math
67.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +8.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 up about 9 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.5% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.9% | 68.5% |
| 2022-23 | 62.8% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.1% | 58.4% |
% 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
66.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Berkshire Middle School
Berkshire Middle School's state test result (66.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Middle School this school | 388 | 37.4% | 66.7% |
| Liberty Union Middle School Baltimore | 381 | 36.2% | 67.9% |
| Highland Middle School Marengo | 389 | 40.4% | 65.3% |
| Northwest Middle School Canal Fulton | 405 | 40.0% | 82.1% |
| Greeneview Middle School Jamestown | 440 | 40.2% | 69.8% |
| Clinton-Massie Middle School Clarksville | 402 | 33.1% | 71.5% |
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 Berkshire Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #220 of 316 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #329 of 637 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #311 of 637 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #142 of 629 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 388 | #384 of 654 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #483 of 577 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.4% | #535 of 579 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.4% | #173 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.8% | #165 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
388
-115 (-23%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 354
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 388 | 19.5 | 19.9:1 | 37% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 19.7 | 20.1:1 | 32% (125) |
| 2022-23 | 409 | 19.7 | 20.8:1 | 28% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 23 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 25 | 18.0:1 | 20% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 25 | 16.8:1 | 29% (121) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | 31 | 15.6:1 | 30% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 415 | 24 | 17.3:1 | 12% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 354 | 19 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Berkshire Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (450 to 388); teachers down 22% (25 to 19.5).
About Berkshire Middle School
Berkshire Middle School is a public middle school in Burton, Ohio. A total of 388 students attend the school, which covers grades 5 through 8.
Berkshire Local operates 4 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,372 students.
Federal enrollment data show Berkshire Middle School is 95% White. After that, the student body is 2% multiracial. That is close to the 93% White share among all Geauga County residents. The school's diversity index is 9%, meaning two students picked at random have a 9% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Berkshire Middle School, 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 19.9:1. On average, middle schools in Ohio have 17.0:1, compared with 19.9:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 37% of enrollment. That rate is above the 21% average among public schools in Geauga County.
allk12 grades Berkshire Middle School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Berkshire Middle School would be expected to post about 74.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 66.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Geauga County, the median household income is $107,860, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Geauga County is home to 23 public schools and about 9,939 public school students.
Berkshire Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Berkshire Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Berkshire Middle School ranks 3rd of 6 nearby schools, at 66.7% versus a 68.8% average.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, Berkshire Middle School's enrollment declined 23%, to 388. By 2024-25, the school had 19.9 students per teacher, compared with 21.9 in 2020-21.
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Geauga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,481
Census ACS
Median income
$107,860
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
9,939 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Berkshire Local
- Berkshire ElementaryElementary · 517 students
- Berkshire High SchoolHigh · 437 students
- Berkshire Early Childhood CenterElementary · 30 students
Other schools in Burton
- Berkshire ElementaryElementary · 517 students
- Berkshire High SchoolHigh · 437 students
- Berkshire Early Childhood CenterElementary · 30 students
Other Berkshire Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Berkshire Middle. Berkshire Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Berkshire Middle SchoolGalena, OH · 883 students
- Berkshire Middle SchoolBEVERLY HILLS, MI · 695 students
Nearby schools
- Berkshire Elementary0.0 mi · 517
- Berkshire High School0.0 mi · 437
- Berkshire Early Childhood Center0.3 mi · 30
- Cardinal Jr/Sr High School3.8 mi · 331
- ACE Community Academy3.8 mi · 25
- Cardinal Middle School4.0 mi · 5
Frequently asked questions
About Berkshire Middle SchoolHow many students attend Berkshire Middle School?
Berkshire Middle School enrolls approximately 388 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Berkshire Middle School serve?
Berkshire Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Berkshire Middle School have?
Berkshire Middle School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Berkshire Middle School?
Student demographics at Berkshire Middle School are roughly 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Berkshire Middle School in?
Berkshire Middle School is part of Berkshire Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.