James A Garfield Middle School

James A Garfield Middle School is one of the very small 6-8 campuss in Garrettsville, Ohio, one of the schools within James A Garfield Local, with 168 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 482 students per school, that is 65% below typical.

Within James A Garfield Local, which oversees 3 schools and 1,185 students, James A Garfield Middle School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, James A Garfield Middle School lists that nearly all students (96%) are White. By comparison, Portage County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Portage County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,766, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Portage County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,638 students), of which James A Garfield Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is James A Garfield Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at James A Garfield Middle School has fell 31%, going from 242 students in 2018 to 168 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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