Frontier High/Middle School

Frontier High/Middle School, a minimally staffed four-year high school in New Matamoras, Ohio, one of the schools within Frontier Local, serves 218 students, covering grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 565 students per school, that is 61% below typical.

Frontier High/Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Frontier Local, a district that enrolls 540 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Frontier High/Middle School logs that nearly all students (96%) are White. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Washington County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Frontier High/Middle School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Washington County) shows that median household income runs about $63,603, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Washington County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,355 students), of which Frontier High/Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Frontier Local Virtual School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Frontier High/Middle School.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Frontier High/Middle School's enrollment has edged up 35% since 2018, when it stood at 161 (now 218). Class-load math has fell: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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