Enrollment
340
Middle
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEYSTONE LOCAL·NCES 390481603133
Keystone Middle School
501 Opportunity Way, Lagrange, OH 44050 · (440) 355-5133 · Lorain County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
122 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 6 | 112 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 106 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 122 | 36% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Keystone Middle School→Keystone High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Keystone Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
68.7%
OH avg 59.8% . -4.4pp since 2021
Math
66.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +2.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.7% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 66.6% | 71.3% |
| 2022-23 | 69.2% | 66.7% |
| 2021-22 | 73.0% | 63.7% |
% 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
69.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Keystone Middle School
Keystone Middle School's state test result (69.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keystone Middle School this school | 340 | 35.9% | 69.6% |
| Liberty Union Middle School Baltimore | 381 | 36.2% | 67.9% |
| West Holmes Middle School Millersburg | 384 | 40.6% | 69.0% |
| Evergreen Middle School Metamora | 330 | 30.3% | 78.0% |
| McCormick Middle School Huron | 267 | 33.7% | 78.1% |
| South Side Middle School Columbiana | 289 | 40.8% | 82.6% |
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 Keystone Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lorain County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.6% | #192 of 316 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #344 of 637 ▼ 85 | #13 of 22 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.7% | #257 of 637 ▼ 8 | #8 of 22 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #149 of 629 | #7 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #443 of 654 | #17 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #377 of 577 | #14 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.0% | #450 of 579 | #20 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.9% | #183 of 319 | #8 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #330 of 410 | #10 of 13 |
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
340
-40 (-11%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 581
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 340 | 19 | 17.9:1 | 36% (122) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 21 | 17.0:1 | 36% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 23 | 15.8:1 | 35% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 22 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 357 | 19.5 | 18.3:1 | 26% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 19 | 20.6:1 | 26% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 32 | 17.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 600 | 31 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 581 | 30 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Keystone Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (357 to 340); teachers down 3% (19.5 to 19).
About Keystone Middle School
Keystone Middle School is a small middle school with an address in Lagrange, Ohio. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 340 students enrolled. Middle schools in Ohio have about 482 students on average; enrollment here is 29% lower.
Keystone Local, which runs Keystone Middle School, has 3 schools and 1,387 students.
White students are 91% of those enrolled at Keystone Middle School. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Lorain County's population at about 78%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.
The school's 19 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. Middle schools in Ohio average 17.0:1, 0.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 36% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Keystone Middle School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (69.6%) and its predicted rate (75.3%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools.
The school's county is Lorain County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $73,347 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Lorain County number 92, with about 42,516 students.
Keystone Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Keystone Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Keystone Middle School holds 2 other public schools. Nearby schools average 70.6% on proficiency, and Keystone Middle School is below that at 69.6%.
For locale, NCES codes Keystone Middle School as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment was 340 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 380.
On allk12, people connected to Keystone Middle School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Lorain County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,129
Census ACS
Median income
$73,347
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
42,516 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Keystone Local
- Keystone Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Keystone High SchoolHigh · 392 students
Other schools in Lagrange
- Keystone Elementary SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Keystone High SchoolHigh · 392 students
Nearby schools
- Keystone Elementary School0.1 mi · 655
- Keystone High School0.2 mi · 392
- Midview Middle School5.2 mi · 427
- Midview West Elementary School5.3 mi · 390
- Midview Virtual Programming5.3 mi · 6
- Midview High School5.3 mi · 727
Frequently asked questions
About Keystone Middle SchoolHow many students attend Keystone Middle School?
Keystone Middle School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Keystone Middle School serve?
Keystone Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Keystone Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Keystone Middle School is approximately 17.9:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Keystone Middle School?
Student demographics at Keystone Middle School are roughly 91% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Keystone Middle School public or private?
Keystone Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Keystone Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.