Enrollment
134
Middle
DISTRICT 202 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY LOCAL·NCES 391002603646
Clay Middle School
44 Clay High St, Portsmouth, OH 45662 · (740) 354-6644 · Scioto County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL134 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Ohio public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
13.4:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
81 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 43 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 34% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Clay Middle School→Clay High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Clay Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
62.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +12.8pp since 2021
Math
52.6%
OH avg 56.1% . +15.1pp 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 53 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 13 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.2% | 52.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.2% | 56.7% |
| 2022-23 | 47.2% | 44.1% |
| 2021-22 | 49.5% | 37.5% |
% 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
58.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Clay Middle School
Clay Middle School's state test result (58.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Middle School this school | 134 | 60.4% | 58.9% |
| Grand Valley Middle School Orwell | 172 | 53.5% | 58.4% |
| Mathews Junior High School Vienna | 139 | 47.5% | 65.9% |
| Elgin Middle School Marion | 257 | 59.1% | 49.1% |
| South Central Junior High School Greenwich | 159 | 47.8% | 57.5% |
| Crestview Middle School Ashland | 271 | 62.4% | 67.5% |
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 Clay Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Scioto County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #278 of 316 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #501 of 637 ▼ 44 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #367 of 637 ▲ 54 | #3 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.9pp | #18 of 629 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 134 | #625 of 654 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.4% | #45 of 319 | 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
134
+16 (+14%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 150
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 7.9:1
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 | 134 | 10 | 13.4:1 | 60% (81) |
| 2023-24 | 148 | 21 | 7.0:1 | 53% (79) |
| 2022-23 | 138 | 15 | 9.2:1 | 80% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 118 | 15 | 7.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 157 | 9 | 17.4:1 | 61% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 143 | 8 | 17.9:1 | 62% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 134 | 8 | 16.8:1 | 54% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 142 | 9 | 15.8:1 | 46% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 150 | 9 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clay Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (157 to 134); teachers up 11% (9 to 10).
About Clay Middle School
At 44 Clay High St in Portsmouth, Ohio, Clay Middle School operates as a very small middle school. It reported 134 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 482 students for middle schools in Ohio.
Clay Middle School is one of the 3 schools that make up Clay Local (605 students in total).
Of every 100 students at Clay Middle School, about 90 are White. It is also 6% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put Scioto County at about 93% White, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 18, compared with 70 nationally.
Clay Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1, with 10 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Ohio, 17.0:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 60% at Clay Middle School. It compares with 45% for public schools in Scioto County.
Among Ohio public middle schools, Clay Middle School outscored 36%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Clay Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 58.9%; the prediction is 66.0%.
In Scioto County, the median household earns about $50,609 a year, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Across Scioto County, 32 public schools serve about 10,849 students.
Measured in a straight line, Clay High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Clay Middle School. The five-mile area around Clay Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A 14% rise took enrollment from 118 in 2020-21 to 134 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.4:1) than in 2020-21 (7.9:1).
This page is set up for the Clay Middle School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Scioto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,627
Census ACS
Median income
$50,609
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
10,849 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clay Local
- Clay Elementary SchoolElementary · 326 students
- Clay High SchoolHigh · 145 students
Other schools in Portsmouth
- Portsmouth ElementaryElementary · 791 students
- Portsmouth Junior High School/Portsmouth High SchoolHigh · 636 students
- Sciotoville Community SchoolCombined · 373 students
- Clay Elementary SchoolElementary · 326 students
- Clay High SchoolHigh · 145 students
Other Clay Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Clay Middle. Clay Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Clay Middle SchoolCarmel, IN · 1,415 students
- Clay Middle SchoolClay, WV · 302 students
Nearby schools
- Clay High School0.0 mi · 145
- Clay Elementary School0.0 mi · 326
- Scioto County Career Technical Center3.5 mi · 549
- Oak Intermediate Elementary School4.1 mi · 87
- Stanton Primary Elementary School4.1 mi · 136
- Glenwood High School4.1 mi · 147
Frequently asked questions
About Clay Middle SchoolHow large is Clay Middle School?
Clay Middle School enrolls approximately 134 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Clay Middle School serve?
Clay Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Clay Middle School have?
Clay Middle School employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
How diverse is Clay Middle School?
Clay Middle School reports a student body of 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is Clay Middle School in?
Clay Middle School is part of Clay Local.
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