Lebanon Junior High

Located at 160 Miller Rd, in Lebanon, Ohio, Lebanon Junior High is a well-populated middle school that instructs 869 students (grades 7 through 8), operated by Lebanon City. Compared to the state average of about 482 students per school, that is 80% bigger than typical.

Lebanon City comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 5,202 students; Lebanon Junior High is among them.

Demographically, Lebanon Junior High reports that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Lebanon Junior High records 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Lebanon Junior High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Warren County's rate of about 24%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lebanon Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 76.5%; this one delivers 69.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Warren County) shows that median household income runs about $110,132, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Warren County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,898 students), of which Lebanon Junior High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bowman Primary School, around 1.3 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lebanon Junior High at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 76.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 862 students in 2018 compared to 869 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 20.2:1 in 2025.

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