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Enrollment
348
Middle
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CELINA CITY·NCES 391003000262
Celina Middle School
615 Holly St, Celina, OH 45822 · (419) 586-8300 · Mercer County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% 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.
- BBeats 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
12.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
172 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 7 | 178 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 170 | 49% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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 Celina City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
63.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +11.8pp since 2021
Math
74.3%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.2pp 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 74 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 12 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.4% | 74.3% |
| 2023-24 | 59.9% | 76.3% |
| 2022-23 | 60.9% | 74.5% |
| 2021-22 | 51.6% | 73.1% |
% 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% 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 Celina Middle School
Celina Middle School's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celina Middle School this school | 348 | 49.4% | 69.7% |
| Clermont Northeastern Middle School Batavia | 300 | 50.7% | 51.9% |
| Bethel-Tate Middle School Bethel | 298 | 50.0% | 74.0% |
| Southeast Junior High School Diamond | 334 | 47.3% | 58.5% |
| Westfall Middle School Williamsport | 311 | 47.9% | 62.4% |
| Indian Lake Middle School Lewistown | 393 | 52.9% | 76.1% |
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 Celina Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #191 of 316 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #218 of 637 ▼ 42 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #341 of 637 ▲ 28 | #6 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #144 of 629 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #437 of 654 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #29 of 577 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.7% | #357 of 579 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.4% | #101 of 319 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #170 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
348
-29 (-8%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 599
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 348 | 29 | 12.0:1 | 49% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 51% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | N/A | N/A | 46% (193) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 28 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 30 | 13.4:1 | 45% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 427 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 40% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 50% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 30 | 17.7:1 | 23% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 599 | 27 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Celina Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (403 to 348); teachers down 3% (30 to 29).
About Celina Middle School
Celina Middle School is a small middle school for students in Celina, Ohio. There are 348 students enrolled, covering grades 7 through 8. That puts enrollment 28% below the 482-student average for middle schools in Ohio.
Celina City has 3,694 students spread across 8 schools.
White students are 87% of those enrolled at Celina Middle School. The remaining shares are 5% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander, and 3% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 24, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 29 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.0:1. Across middle schools in Ohio, the average ratio is 17.0:1. Roughly 49% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Mercer County is 37%.
Among Ohio public middle schools, Celina Middle School outscored 66%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Celina Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Ohio is predicted to score 70.1%. Celina Middle School scores 69.7%, within a point of that line.
In the wider Mercer County area, median household income comes to about $76,782, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Mercer County counts 22 public schools with about 9,242 students.
Celina Primary School is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. Celina Middle School's average proficiency of 69.7% compares with 71.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.
Enrollment decreased 8% over 4 years, reaching 348 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.5:1 to 12.0:1.
This page collects posts and questions about Celina Middle School, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,484
Census ACS
Median income
$76,782
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
9,242 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Celina City
- Celina Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,224 students
- Celina High SchoolHigh · 743 students
- Celina Primary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Tri Star Career CompactHigh · 382 students
- Celina Intermediate Elementary SchoolMiddle · 348 students
- Head StartElementary · 101 students
Other schools in Celina
- Celina Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,224 students
- Celina High SchoolHigh · 743 students
- Celina Primary SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Tri Star Career CompactHigh · 382 students
- Celina Intermediate Elementary SchoolMiddle · 348 students
- Head StartElementary · 101 students
Nearby schools
- Celina Primary School0.1 mi · 531
- Celina High School0.2 mi · 743
- Head Start0.3 mi · 101
- Celina Intermediate Elementary School1.4 mi · 348
- Celina Elementary School1.6 mi · 1,224
- Tri Star Career Compact2.9 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About Celina Middle SchoolHow large is Celina Middle School?
Celina Middle School enrolls approximately 348 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Celina Middle School serve?
Celina Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Celina Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Celina Middle School is approximately 12.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Celina Middle School?
Celina Middle School reports a student body of 87% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Celina Middle School in?
Celina Middle School is part of Celina City.
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