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Enrollment
413
Middle
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERKINS LOCAL·NCES 390468102664
Briar Middle School
3700 South Ave, Sandusky, OH 44870 · (419) 625-0132 · Erie County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
130 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 6 | 132 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 141 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 140 | 34% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
Briar Middle School→Perkins High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Perkins Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
62.8%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.3pp since 2021
Math
66.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +9.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 63 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 2 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 | 62.8% | 66.9% |
| 2023-24 | 59.5% | 67.1% |
| 2022-23 | 63.1% | 68.1% |
| 2021-22 | 60.5% | 57.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 77% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Briar Middle School
Briar Middle School's state test result (64.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Middle School this school | 413 | 31.5% | 64.6% |
| Hayes Intermediate School Grove City | 464 | 30.4% | 76.2% |
| Harding Middle School Lakewood | 446 | 34.5% | 81.9% |
| Eastwood Middle School Pemberville | 365 | 30.1% | 79.7% |
| Perry Middle School Perry | 443 | 28.7% | 74.4% |
| Johnstown Middle School Johnstown | 412 | 23.5% | 78.2% |
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 Briar Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #242 of 316 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #331 of 637 ▼ 11 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.8% | #355 of 637 ▲ 21 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.7pp | #169 of 629 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #353 of 654 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #304 of 577 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.3% | #220 of 579 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.5% | #207 of 319 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #173 of 410 | N/A |
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
413
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 413 | 24.6 | 16.8:1 | 31% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 24.5 | 16.4:1 | 38% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 23.6 | 17.5:1 | 34% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 424 | 24 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 23.8 | 20.1:1 | 32% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 529 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 29% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 32% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 559 | 36 | 15.5:1 | 10% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 20 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Briar Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (477 to 413); teachers up 4% (23.8 to 24.6).
About Briar Middle School
Located in Sandusky, Ohio, Briar Middle School is a mid-sized middle school. Total enrollment is 413 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8.
Perkins Local has a total of 4 schools and 1,868 students, Briar Middle School among them.
About 77% of the student body at Briar Middle School is White. The remaining students are 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 5% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 39%.
Briar Middle School has 24.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. The school has 31% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 39% average for public schools in Erie County.
Briar Middle School falls short of its prediction by 12.3 points. The model expects 76.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Ohio; the school's rate is 64.6%.
Census data for Erie County show the median household earns about $71,993 a year, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Briar Middle School, Erie County has 29 public schools.
Briar Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Perkins High School, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Briar Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools.
For locale, NCES codes Briar Middle School as Suburb: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Briar Middle School had a net loss of 11 students, or 3%.
The discussion board for Briar Middle School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,581
Census ACS
Median income
$71,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
12,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Perkins Local
- Perkins High SchoolHigh · 539 students
- Furry Elementary SchoolElementary · 495 students
- Meadowlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
Other schools in Sandusky
- Sandusky High SchoolHigh · 1,028 students
- The Sandusky Intermediate SchoolElementary · 892 students
- Perkins High SchoolHigh · 539 students
- Furry Elementary SchoolElementary · 495 students
- Meadowlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · 421 students
- Sandusky Middle SchoolMiddle · 418 students
Nearby schools
- Perkins High School0.2 mi · 539
- Furry Elementary School0.5 mi · 495
- The Early Learning Academy1.6 mi · 379
- Sandusky Middle School1.6 mi · 418
- Meadowlawn Elementary School1.6 mi · 421
- Sandusky High School1.7 mi · 1,028
Frequently asked questions
About Briar Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Briar Middle School?
Briar Middle School enrolls approximately 413 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Briar Middle School serve?
Briar Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Briar Middle School have?
Briar Middle School employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Briar Middle School?
Student demographics at Briar Middle School are roughly 77% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Briar Middle School in?
Briar Middle School is part of Perkins Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.