Enrollment
262
Middle
DISTRICT 350 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIRTLAND LOCAL·NCES 390478703018
Kirtland Middle School
9152 Chillicothe Rd, Kirtland, OH 44094 · (440) 256-3358 · Lake County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Ohio public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
32 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 89 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 81 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 92 | 35% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Kirtland Middle School→Kirtland High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Kirtland Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
88.5%
OH avg 59.8% . +11.5pp since 2021
Math
85.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +11.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 12 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.5% | 85.5% |
| 2023-24 | 79.5% | 81.8% |
| 2022-23 | 84.1% | 85.1% |
| 2021-22 | 77.0% | 74.3% |
% 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
84.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
84.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 84% 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 Kirtland Middle School
Kirtland Middle School's state test result (84.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirtland Middle School this school | 262 | 12.2% | 84.1% |
| Independence Middle School Independence | 299 | 11.0% | 85.7% |
| Mariemont Junior High School Cincinnati | 239 | 15.1% | 91.9% |
| Chagrin Falls Middle School Chagrin Falls | 224 | 5.8% | 95.5% |
| Ranger High Tech Academy North Ridgeville | 259 | 14.7% | 84.9% |
| Fairbanks Middle School Milford Center | 245 | 21.2% | 82.1% |
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 Kirtland Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Lake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.1% | #46 of 316 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.5% | #69 of 637 ▲ 36 | #2 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.5% | #25 of 637 ▲ 65 | #2 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.4pp | #38 of 629 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #531 of 654 | #11 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #495 of 577 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.8% | #546 of 579 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.2% | #298 of 319 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #105 of 410 | #4 of 8 |
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
262
+4 (+2%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 214
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 262 | 13 | 20.1:1 | 12% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 12 | 21.7:1 | 10% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 264 | 12 | 22.0:1 | 7% (18) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | 13 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 316 | 15.5 | 20.4:1 | 9% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 14 | 21.9:1 | 14% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 269 | 18 | 14.9:1 | 11% (29) |
| 2000-01 | 246 | 17 | 14.5:1 | 7% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 214 | 12 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kirtland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (316 to 262); teachers down 16% (15.5 to 13).
About Kirtland Middle School
Kirtland Middle School is a small middle school in Kirtland, Ohio, one of the schools in Kirtland Local. Its 262 students are spread across grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Ohio is about 482 students.
Kirtland Local counts 3 schools and 1,049 students, including Kirtland Middle School.
The large majority of students at Kirtland Middle School, 95%, are White. Next come 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 86% White. Kirtland Middle School has a diversity index of 9%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 13 full-time equivalents, or about 20.1 students per teacher. Among middle schools in Ohio, the typical ratio is 17.0:1. About 12% of students, or 32, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Lake County, the average is 39%.
The allk12 Grade for Kirtland Middle School is A. Compared with Ohio public middle schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Kirtland Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Ohio schools: 84.1% actual against 84.2% predicted.
Federal survey data for Lake County show that median household income is about $80,925, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. A total of 65 public schools operate in Lake County, serving about 27,899 students.
The closest public school to Kirtland Middle School is Kirtland High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 70.2%, lower than Kirtland Middle School's 84.1%.
NCES assigns Kirtland Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 258 in 2020-21 and 262 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Kirtland Middle School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
232,216
Census ACS
Median income
$80,925
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
27,899 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kirtland Local
- Kirtland Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Kirtland High SchoolHigh · 335 students
Other schools in Kirtland
- Kirtland Elementary SchoolElementary · 452 students
- Kirtland High SchoolHigh · 335 students
Other Kirtland Middle schools
One other US public school is named Kirtland Middle. Kirtland Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- KIRTLAND MIDDLEKIRTLAND, NM · 372 students
Nearby schools
- Kirtland High School0.1 mi · 335
- Kirtland Elementary School0.1 mi · 452
- Ridge Elementary School2.4 mi · 661
- South High School3.1 mi · 995
- Willoughby Middle School3.2 mi · 509
- Grant Elementary School3.7 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Kirtland Middle SchoolHow large is Kirtland Middle School?
Kirtland Middle School enrolls approximately 262 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Kirtland Middle School serve?
Kirtland Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kirtland Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kirtland Middle School is approximately 20.1:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Kirtland Middle School?
Student demographics at Kirtland Middle School are roughly 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Kirtland Middle School in?
Kirtland Middle School is part of Kirtland Local.
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