Enrollment
298
Middle
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BETHEL-TATE LOCAL·NCES 390463102507
Bethel-Tate Middle School
649 W Plane St, Bethel, OH 45106 · (513) 734-2271 · Clermont County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL298 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% 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.
- 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
14.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
149 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 6 | 102 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 98 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 98 | 33% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Bethel-Tate Middle School→Bethel Tate High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bethel-Tate Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
68.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +5.1pp since 2021
Math
75.6%
OH avg 56.1% . +11.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 69 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 up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 75.6% |
| 2023-24 | 65.7% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.4% | 75.8% |
| 2021-22 | 63.5% | 63.9% |
% 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
74.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Bethel-Tate Middle School
Bethel-Tate Middle School's state test result (74.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel-Tate Middle School this school | 298 | 50.0% | 74.0% |
| Fairless Middle School Navarre | 293 | 49.8% | 60.3% |
| Clermont Northeastern Middle School Batavia | 300 | 50.7% | 51.9% |
| Westfall Middle School Williamsport | 311 | 47.9% | 62.4% |
| Miami East Junior High School Casstown | 327 | 49.8% | 81.0% |
| Southeast Junior High School Diamond | 334 | 47.3% | 58.5% |
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 Bethel-Tate Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Clermont County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #139 of 316 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.6% | #196 of 637 ▼ 45 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #256 of 637 ▲ 9 | #2 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #88 of 629 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 298 | #488 of 654 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #117 of 577 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.5% | #467 of 579 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #95 of 319 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #46 of 410 | #2 of 6 |
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
298
-91 (-23%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 629
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 18.5:1
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 | 298 | 21 | 14.2:1 | 50% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 296 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 48% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 15 | 21.3:1 | 48% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 389 | 21 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 396 | 20 | 19.8:1 | 45% (178) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 22 | 17.8:1 | 43% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 21 | 18.8:1 | 43% (169) |
| 2000-01 | 600 | 35 | 17.1:1 | 75% (448) |
| 1990-91 | 629 | 31 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bethel-Tate Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (396 to 298); teachers up 5% (20 to 21).
About Bethel-Tate Middle School
Bethel-Tate Middle School is a small middle-grades school based in Bethel, Ohio. The school serves grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 298 students. It has 38% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Ohio (about 482).
The district, Bethel-Tate Local, operates 4 schools serving 1,346 students.
Of every 100 students at Bethel-Tate Middle School, about 92 are White. The remaining students are 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put Clermont County at about 92% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 15% means there is a 15% chance two randomly chosen students at Bethel-Tate Middle School are from different groups.
Bethel-Tate Middle School reported 21 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.2:1. The school's 14.2:1 compares with an average of 17.0:1 for middle schools in Ohio. Roughly 50% of students at Bethel-Tate Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The 41% average for public schools in Clermont County is 9 points lower.
Bethel-Tate Middle School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 84% of Ohio public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Bethel-Tate Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 74.0%; the prediction is 69.9%.
The school's county is Clermont County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $85,510, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Bethel-Tate Middle School shares Clermont County with 46 other public schools.
About 0.3 miles separate Bethel-Tate Middle School from the closest public school, Bick Primary Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 4. On average proficiency, Bethel-Tate Middle School is 4th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, Bethel-Tate Middle School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 23%, from 389 to 298. The school's ratio dropped from 18.5:1 to 14.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Clermont County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
211,181
Census ACS
Median income
$85,510
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
26,246 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bethel-Tate Local
- Bethel Tate High SchoolHigh · 402 students
- Bick Primary Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
- Hill Intermediate Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
Other schools in Bethel
- Bethel Tate High SchoolHigh · 402 students
- U S GrantHigh · 396 students
- Bick Primary Elementary SchoolElementary · 338 students
- Hill Intermediate Elementary SchoolElementary · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Bick Primary Elementary School0.3 mi · 338
- U S Grant0.3 mi · 396
- Hill Intermediate Elementary School0.5 mi · 308
- Bethel Tate High School1.5 mi · 402
- Hamersville Elementary School6.2 mi · 556
- Williamsburg High School6.2 mi · 531
Frequently asked questions
About Bethel-Tate Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bethel-Tate Middle School?
Bethel-Tate Middle School enrolls approximately 298 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Bethel-Tate Middle School serve?
Bethel-Tate Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Bethel-Tate Middle School have?
Bethel-Tate Middle School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Bethel-Tate Middle School?
Student demographics at Bethel-Tate Middle School are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Bethel-Tate Middle School?
Bethel-Tate Middle School is overseen by Bethel-Tate Local in Clermont County.
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