Enrollment
153
Middle
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLACK RIVER LOCAL·NCES 390484603260
Black River Education Center Middle School
257 County Road 40, Sullivan, OH 44880 · (419) 736-3304 · Ashland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL153 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% 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
10.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
150 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 76 | 50% |
| Grade 7 | 76 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 1 | 1% |
Student demographics
19%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
Based on grade levels within Black River Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
67.7%
OH avg 59.8% . -2.9pp since 2021
Math
55.9%
OH avg 56.1% . -2.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 3 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 | 67.7% | 55.9% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 61.4% |
| 2022-23 | 72.6% | 63.7% |
| 2021-22 | 70.6% | 58.3% |
% 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
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 52% 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 13 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 Black River Education Center Middle School
Black River Education Center Middle School's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black River Education Center Middle School this school | 153 | 98.0% | 65.2% |
| Fayetteville-Perry Middle School Fayetteville | 163 | 98.2% | 60.6% |
| New London Middle School New London | 204 | 98.5% | 55.1% |
| Madison-Plains Intermediate School London | 269 | 98.9% | 65.8% |
| Northridge Middle School Johnstown | 270 | 93.0% | 64.1% |
| Utica Middle School Utica | 349 | 92.6% | 65.5% |
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 Black River Education Center Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #239 of 316 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #469 of 637 ▼ 65 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #272 of 637 ▼ 42 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.7pp | #80 of 629 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 153 | #616 of 654 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #6 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -43.1% | #7 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
153
-92 (-38%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 153 | 14 | 10.9:1 | 98% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 221 | 18 | 12.3:1 | 99% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 215 | 18 | 11.9:1 | 99% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 245 | 19 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 19 | 14.2:1 | 99% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 287 | 19 | 15.1:1 | 99% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 99% (331) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 69 | 6.8:1 | 45% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 26 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Black River Education Center Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (269 to 153); teachers down 26% (19 to 14).
About Black River Education Center Middle School
A very small middle school in Sullivan, Ohio, Black River Education Center Middle School is part of Black River Local. The school teaches grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 153 students. That is 68% below the average of about 482 students for middle schools in Ohio.
The Black River Local system has 3 schools and 935 students.
Of every 100 students at Black River Education Center Middle School, about 90 are White. The school is also 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 19%.
The school's 14 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1. The average for middle schools in Ohio is 17.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Black River Education Center Middle School, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Ashland County average 50%.
Black River Education Center Middle School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of Ohio public middle schools.
Black River Education Center Middle School scores 13.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 65.2% actual versus 51.8% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Ashland County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $69,860 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 21 public schools in the county, enrolling about 6,940, Black River Education Center Middle School among them.
Black River Education Center Elementary School is the nearest public school to Black River Education Center Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Black River Education Center Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Black River Education Center Middle School is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 38% decline took enrollment from 245 in 2020-21 to 153 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.9:1 to 10.9:1.
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Ashland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
52,256
Census ACS
Median income
$69,860
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
6,940 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Black River Local
- Black River Education Center Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Black River High SchoolHigh · 339 students
- Black River Local Virtual SchoolCombined
Other schools in Sullivan
- Black River Education Center Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Black River High SchoolHigh · 339 students
- Black River Local Virtual SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Black River Education Center Elementary School0.0 mi · 443
- Black River High School0.2 mi · 339
- Mapleton Elementary School8.1 mi · 363
- Mapleton High School8.2 mi · 202
- Mapleton Middle School8.2 mi · 172
- Mapleton Virtual Academy8.2 mi · 19
Frequently asked questions
About Black River Education Center Middle SchoolHow large is Black River Education Center Middle School?
Black River Education Center Middle School enrolls approximately 153 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Black River Education Center Middle School serve?
Black River Education Center Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Black River Education Center Middle School?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at Black River Education Center Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Black River Education Center Middle School?
At Black River Education Center Middle School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Black River Education Center Middle School public or private?
Black River Education Center Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Black River Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.