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Carlisle Junior High School

250 Jamaica Rd, Carlisle, OH 45005 · (937) 746-3227 · Warren County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL242 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of Ohio public middle schools
  • BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
242
Middle
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 482
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
89 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 712552%
Grade 811748%
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 54% · US 70%
White
22392%
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65% · US 43%
Hispanic
73%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 8% · US 30%
Black
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 17% · US 15%
Two+
94%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 7% · US 5%
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
Male
13255%
Female
11045%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Carlisle Junior High School→Carlisle High School
Feeds from
Carlisle Intermediate Elementary School04–06
Based on grade levels within Carlisle Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or Above
English Language Arts
62.1%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.4pp since 2021
Math
66.7%
OH avg 56.1% . -2.5pp since 2021

What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 62 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 have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.

Ohio's State Tests results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2562.1%66.7%
2023-2464.7%72.9%
2022-2375.8%70.3%
2021-2262.5%69.3%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.9%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 69% 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 Carlisle Junior High School

Carlisle Junior High School's state test result (68.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Carlisle Junior High School this school24236.8%68.8%
Rootstown/Mabel Schnee Bldg Middle School
Rootstown
22940.2%66.3%
Manchester Middle School
Akron
27534.2%79.2%
McCormick Middle School
Huron
26733.7%78.1%
South Side Middle School
Columbiana
28940.8%82.6%
Greenon Jr. High School
Enon
22741.4%58.2%
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 Carlisle Junior High School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn OhioIn Warren County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
68.8%#202 of 316#9 of 10
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
66.7%#336 of 637
▼ 105
#10 of 12
▼ 2
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
62.1%#369 of 637
▼ 82
#11 of 12
▼ 1
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-1.5pp#124 of 629#6 of 12
Enrollment
ranked largest first
242#554 of 654#12 of 12
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.7:1#44 of 577#1 of 12
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
14.8%#463 of 579#11 of 12
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
36.8%#177 of 319#2 of 10
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-38.3%#13 of 410N/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 2024-25
Enrollment
242
-13 (-5%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-252421912.7:137% (89)
2023-242521814.0:142% (107)
2022-2326418.514.3:130% (78)
2020-212551615.9:1N/A
2017-1839218.820.9:134% (135)
2015-163642315.8:138% (138)
2010-114122417.2:138% (158)
2000-014222815.1:119% (80)
1990-914662221.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carlisle Junior High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 38% (392 to 242); teachers up 1% (18.8 to 19).

About Carlisle Junior High School

Carlisle Junior High School is a middle school with a street address in Carlisle, Ohio. Federal data show 242 students enrolled in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 482 students for middle schools in Ohio.

Carlisle Junior High School belongs to Carlisle Local, a district of 4 schools and 1,546 students.

The share of students at Carlisle Junior High School who are White is 92%. Smaller groups are 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Warren County's residents are about 83% White, 9 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 15%.

With 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.7:1. Middle schools in Ohio average 17.0:1, 4.3 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 37% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 24% average among public schools in Warren County.

Among Ohio public middle schools, Carlisle Junior High School outscored 40%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.

The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 68.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 74.9%.

In Warren County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $110,132, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 45 public schools in the county, enrolling about 39,898, Carlisle Junior High School among them.

Carlisle High School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Carlisle Junior High School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Carlisle Junior High School is 2nd of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

NCES describes the area around Carlisle Junior High School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 242, compared with 255 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.7:1) than in 2020-21 (15.9:1).

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Warren County at a glance

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Population
250,008
Census ACS
Median income
$110,132
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
39,898 students

Quick facts

School name
Carlisle Junior High School
District
Carlisle Local
Address
250 Jamaica Rd, Carlisle, OH 45005
Phone
(937) 746-3227
County
Warren County
Level
Middle
Grade range
07–08
Total enrollment
242
Teachers (FTE)
19
Student–teacher ratio
12.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
89 (37%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
390504103937
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Carlisle Junior High School
How many students attend Carlisle Junior High School?
Carlisle Junior High School enrolls approximately 242 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Carlisle Junior High School serve?
Carlisle Junior High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Carlisle Junior High School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Carlisle Junior High School.
How diverse is Carlisle Junior High School?
Carlisle Junior High School reports a student body of 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is Carlisle Junior High School in?
Carlisle Junior High School is part of Carlisle Local.
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