Enrollment
256
Middle
DISTRICT 173 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT FRYE LOCAL·NCES 390504806171
Fort Frye Middle School
420 5th St, Beverly, OH 45715 · (740) 984-2376 · Washington County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% of Ohio public middle schools
- B-Test 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.
- BThree-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
16.4:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
132 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 74 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 97 | 38% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Fort Frye Middle School→Fort Frye High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Fort Frye Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
66.7%
OH avg 59.8% . +10.4pp since 2021
Math
66.6%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.7% | 66.6% |
| 2023-24 | 56.4% | 64.3% |
| 2022-23 | 63.4% | 65.9% |
| 2021-22 | 56.3% | 68.3% |
% 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
65.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Fort Frye Middle School
Fort Frye Middle School's state test result (65.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Frye Middle School this school | 256 | 51.6% | 65.4% |
| Lynchburg-Clay Middle School Lynchburg | 246 | 50.8% | 73.0% |
| Eastern MS Winchester | 254 | 55.9% | 65.4% |
| Miami East Junior High School Casstown | 327 | 49.8% | 81.0% |
| Union Local Middle School Belmont | 304 | 46.7% | 57.6% |
| Bethel-Tate Middle School Bethel | 298 | 50.0% | 74.0% |
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 Fort Frye Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #235 of 316 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #337 of 637 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #294 of 637 ▲ 123 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #224 of 629 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #539 of 654 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #281 of 577 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.1% | #564 of 579 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #78 of 319 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 256 | 15.6 | 16.4:1 | 52% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 13.6 | 18.5:1 | 51% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 242 | 11 | 22.0:1 | 43% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Frye Middle School.
About Fort Frye Middle School
In Beverly, Ohio, Fort Frye Middle School is a low-enrollment middle school. Total enrollment is 256 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Ohio enroll about 482 students on average.
Fort Frye Middle School reports to Fort Frye Local, which has 5 schools and 866 students.
At Fort Frye Middle School, 97% of students are White. Census estimates put Washington County at about 94% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Fort Frye Middle School scores 6%.
Staffing at Fort Frye Middle School comes to 15.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.4:1. That is in line with the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. Fort Frye Middle School counts 52% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Fort Frye Middle School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 47% of Ohio public middle schools.
Fort Frye Middle School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 65.4%, compared with a predicted 69.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Washington County, median household income comes to about $63,603, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Washington County counts 26 public schools with about 7,355 students.
Fort Frye High School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Fort Frye Middle School. Fort Frye Middle School has 5 other public schools within five miles. Fort Frye Middle School comes in 4th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
58,978
Census ACS
Median income
$63,603
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
7,355 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fort Frye Local
- Fort Frye High SchoolHigh · 227 students
- Beverly-Center Elementary SchoolElementary · 224 students
- Lowell Elementary SchoolElementary · 81 students
- Salem-Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · 78 students
- Cadet Virtual AcademyCombined
Other schools in Beverly
- Fort Frye High SchoolHigh · 227 students
- Beverly-Center Elementary SchoolElementary · 224 students
- Cadet Virtual AcademyCombined
Nearby schools
- Fort Frye High School0.0 mi · 227
- Beverly-Center Elementary School0.2 mi · 224
- BlueSky Virtual Academy0.7 mi · 3
- Waterford High School0.7 mi · 163
- Waterford Elementary School0.9 mi · 428
- Lowell Elementary School6.7 mi · 81
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Frye Middle SchoolHow large is Fort Frye Middle School?
Fort Frye Middle School enrolls approximately 256 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Fort Frye Middle School serve?
Fort Frye Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Fort Frye Middle School have?
Fort Frye Middle School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Fort Frye Middle School?
Student demographics at Fort Frye Middle School are roughly 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Fort Frye Middle School in?
Fort Frye Middle School is part of Fort Frye Local.
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