Clay Middle School

Clay Middle School, a micro-enrollment intermediate school in Portsmouth, Ohio, overseen by Clay Local, hosts 134 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 72% leaner than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Clay Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Clay Local, a district that enrolls 605 students overall.

On demographics, Clay Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest comes out to 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Scioto County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Clay Middle School shows 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Clay Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Scioto County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Clay Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.9%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Scioto County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $50,609 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Scioto County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,849 students), Clay Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Clay High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Clay Middle School.

Clay Middle School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 157 students in 2018 compared to 134 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 97% to 90%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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