Field Middle School

Set in Mogadore, Ohio, Field Middle School is a reasonably sized middle-grades school, run under Field Local. It teaches 442 students across grades 6 through 8.

Field Local runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,916 students. Field Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Field Middle School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Beyond that, the school shows 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Field Middle School logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Field Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Portage County) reports that median household earnings sit near $75,766, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Portage County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,638 students), Field Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Field High School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Field Middle School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 68.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Field Middle School's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 477 (now 442). White enrollment moved from 93% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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