Bluffton Middle School

Bluffton Middle School is one of the close-knit 6-8 campuss in Bluffton, Ohio, overseen by Bluffton Exempted Village, with 294 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 482 students per school, that is 39% leaner than typical.

Within Bluffton Exempted Village, which oversees 3 schools and 1,248 students, Bluffton Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Bluffton Middle School reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Allen County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Bluffton Middle School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Allen County's rate of about 50%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bluffton Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Ohio public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 58.5%; Bluffton Middle School posts 81.5%, +23.0 points above that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Allen County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $64,038 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bluffton Middle School is one of 36 public schools in Allen County (combined enrollment of about 14,579 students).

Bluffton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Bluffton Middle School. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bluffton Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 70.5%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Bluffton Middle School's enrollment has increased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 258 (now 294). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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