Hayward Middle School

Hayward Middle School operates as a small intermediate school in Springfield, Ohio, run under Springfield City School District. Current enrollment sits at 367 students spanning grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 482 students per school, that is 24% leaner than typical.

Springfield City School District runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 7,288 students. Hayward Middle School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Hayward Middle School shows that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 28% White, 17% Hispanic, 14% multiracial. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Hayward Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, census data for Clark County shows median household income runs about $63,132, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hayward Middle School is one of 44 public schools in Clark County (combined enrollment of about 20,515 students).

The closest other public school is Lincoln Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 18%: 312 students in 2018 compared to 367 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 8% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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