Enrollment
382
Middle
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JONATHAN ALDER LOCAL·NCES 390482603177
Jonathan Alder Junior High
6440 Kilbury Huber Rd, Plain City, OH 43064 · (614) 873-4635 · Madison County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL382 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
130 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 7 | 206 | 54% |
| Grade 8 | 176 | 46% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Jonathan Alder Junior High→Jonathan Alder High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Jonathan Alder Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
78.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +5.8pp since 2021
Math
83.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +7.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.2% | 83.5% |
| 2023-24 | 73.3% | 82.6% |
| 2022-23 | 76.8% | 79.7% |
| 2021-22 | 72.4% | 75.7% |
% 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
80.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 Jonathan Alder Junior High
Jonathan Alder Junior High's state test result (80.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Alder Junior High this school | 382 | 34.0% | 80.8% |
| Canaan Middle School Plain | 354 | 33.1% | 77.7% |
| Archbold Middle School Archbold | 345 | 29.6% | 80.6% |
| Perry Middle School Perry | 443 | 28.7% | 74.4% |
| Eastwood Middle School Pemberville | 365 | 30.1% | 79.7% |
| Bowling Green Middle School Bowling Green | 589 | 37.2% | 69.6% |
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 Jonathan Alder Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Madison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #80 of 316 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #88 of 637 ▲ 4 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #118 of 637 ▲ 41 | #1 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.8pp | #130 of 629 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 382 | #391 of 654 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #381 of 577 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.6% | #279 of 579 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #190 of 319 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #139 of 169 | N/A |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
382
+29 (+8%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 243
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 22.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 382 | 21.3 | 17.9:1 | 34% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 19.7 | 17.6:1 | 31% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 19.9 | 17.0:1 | 30% (102) |
| 2020-21 | 353 | 16 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 373 | 16.5 | 22.6:1 | 22% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 363 | 14 | 25.9:1 | 26% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 319 | 15 | 21.3:1 | 29% (91) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 19 | 22.4:1 | 14% (61) |
| 1990-91 | 243 | 11 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jonathan Alder Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (373 to 382); teachers up 29% (16.5 to 21.3).
About Jonathan Alder Junior High
Jonathan Alder Junior High is a small middle-grades school in Jonathan Alder Local, located in Plain City, Ohio. There are 382 students enrolled, covering grades 7 through 8. The school is 21% below the average for middle schools in Ohio.
District-wide, Jonathan Alder Local has 5 schools and 2,412 students.
White students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. It is also 13% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, and 2% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 31, compared with 70 nationally.
Jonathan Alder Junior High has 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. Across middle schools in Ohio, the average ratio is 17.0:1. The school has 34% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 49% average for public schools in Madison County is 15 points higher.
Test results at Jonathan Alder Junior High are 4.8 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (80.8% actual, 76.0% predicted).
The school's county is Madison County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $87,045 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Jonathan Alder Junior High shares Madison County with 17 other public schools.
About 0.7 miles separate Jonathan Alder Junior High from the closest public school, Jonathan Alder High School. Other public schools within five miles: 4. Jonathan Alder Junior High is 3rd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Under the NCES locale system, Jonathan Alder Junior High is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment figures show a increase of 29 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 22.1:1 to 17.9:1 over the same years.
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Madison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,423
Census ACS
Median income
$87,045
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,189 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jonathan Alder Local
- Jonathan Alder High SchoolHigh · 729 students
- Plain City Elementary SchoolElementary · 704 students
- Canaan Middle SchoolMiddle · 354 students
- Monroe Elementary SchoolElementary · 243 students
Other schools in Plain City
- Abraham Depp ElementaryElementary · 902 students
- Eversole Run Middle SchoolMiddle · 837 students
- Jonathan Alder High SchoolHigh · 729 students
- Plain City Elementary SchoolElementary · 704 students
- Tolles Career & Technical CenterHigh · 268 students
Nearby schools
- Jonathan Alder High School0.7 mi · 729
- Tolles Career & Technical Center0.9 mi · 268
- Canaan Middle School1.6 mi · 354
- Plain City Elementary School2.6 mi · 704
- Hilliard Memorial Middle School6.2 mi · 797
- Washington Elementary School6.4 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Jonathan Alder Junior HighWhat is the total enrollment at Jonathan Alder Junior High?
Jonathan Alder Junior High enrolls approximately 382 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Jonathan Alder Junior High serve?
Jonathan Alder Junior High serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Jonathan Alder Junior High?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at Jonathan Alder Junior High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jonathan Alder Junior High?
At Jonathan Alder Junior High, the student body is approximately 82% White, 13% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Jonathan Alder Junior High in?
Jonathan Alder Junior High is part of Jonathan Alder Local.
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