Chardon Middle School

As an average-sized middle school in Chardon, Ohio, Chardon Middle School educates 716 students from grades 4 through 7, part of Chardon Local. That puts it 49% larger than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Within Chardon Local, which oversees 5 schools and 2,451 students, Chardon Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Chardon Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.6:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Chardon Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 79.4%, the actual is 86.5%, a residual of +7.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Geauga County shows median household earnings sit near $107,860, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Chardon Middle School is one of 23 public schools in Geauga County (combined enrollment of about 9,939 students).

Nearest neighbor: Chardon High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chardon Middle School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 82.0%.

Chardon Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Chardon Middle School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 729 (now 716). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 92% to 88% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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