Champion Middle School

Set in Warren, Ohio, Champion Middle School is a close-knit middle-grades school, part of Champion Local. It enrolls 366 students across grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 482 students per school, that is 24% leaner than typical.

Champion Local runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,147 students. Champion Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Champion Middle School lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 3% multiracial. By comparison, Trumbull County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Champion Middle School records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Trumbull County's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Champion Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.0%, the actual is 80.6%, a residual of +7.5 points.

Around the school, census data for Trumbull County shows the typical household earns roughly $56,435 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Trumbull County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,240 students), Champion Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Champion High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Champion Middle School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Champion Middle School's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 366). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.