Leona Ave Middle School

Set in Shadyside, Ohio, Leona Ave Middle School is a low-enrollment elementary campus, run under Shadyside Local. It teaches 190 students across grades 3 through 6. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 53% below typical.

Shadyside Local runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 699 students. Leona Ave Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Leona Ave Middle School reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Leona Ave Middle School logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.9:1, putting Leona Ave Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Belmont County's rate of about 65%.

With demographic context factored in, Leona Ave Middle School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 54.0%; this one delivers 80.5%, a residual of +26.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Belmont County reports that median household income runs about $57,017, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Belmont County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,619 students), of which Leona Ave Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Shadyside High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 26%: 256 students in 2018 compared to 190 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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