Defiance Middle School

Defiance Middle School, a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in Defiance, Ohio, overseen by Defiance City, hosts 572 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Defiance City runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 2,344 students. Defiance Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Defiance Middle School logs that 67% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 26% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Defiance Middle School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the surrounding community, census data for Defiance County shows median household income runs about $73,064, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Defiance County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,682 students), of which Defiance Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Defiance High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Defiance Middle School.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Defiance Middle School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 573 (now 572). Class-load math has rose: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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