Eastern MS

Eastern MS is a modestly sized junior high in Winchester, Ohio, run under Eastern Local School District. The school hosts 254 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 47% smaller than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Eastern Local School District comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 1,829 students; Eastern MS is among them.

Demographically, Eastern MS logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Eastern MS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.7%; this one delivers 65.4%.

In the surrounding community, Brown County reports that median household income runs about $71,270, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Brown County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,534 students), Eastern MS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Eastern High School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eastern MS ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 71.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eastern MS has edged down 22%, going from 325 students in 2018 to 254 in 2025.

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