Langston Middle School

As a very small middle-grades school in Oberlin, Ohio, Langston Middle School educates 184 students from grades 6 through 9, overseen by Oberlin City Schools. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 482 students each, so Langston Middle School sits 62% leaner than that benchmark.

Oberlin City Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 758 students. Langston Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Langston Middle School records that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 20% multiracial, 17% Black, 13% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Langston Middle School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.4:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Lorain County's rate of about 33%.

With demographic context factored in, Langston Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.9%.

Across the wider county, Lorain County reports that median household earnings sit near $73,347, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lorain County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,516 students), Langston Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Oberlin Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Langston Middle School. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Langston Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 69.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Langston Middle School has ticked down 17%, going from 221 students in 2018 to 184 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 22% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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