Enrollment
190
Elementary
DISTRICT 207 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHADYSIDE LOCAL·NCES 390460002401
Leona Ave Middle School
3795 Leona Ave, Shadyside, OH 43947 · (740) 676-9220 · Belmont County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL190 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Ohio public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
175 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 43%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 57 | 30% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 26% |
Student demographics
11%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
Leona Ave Middle School→Shadyside High School
Based on grade levels within Shadyside Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
84.4%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.1pp since 2021
Math
73.4%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.4% | 73.4% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 75.9% |
| 2022-23 | 87.3% | 80.9% |
| 2021-22 | 81.3% | 75.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in Ohio's top 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 Leona Ave Middle School
Leona Ave Middle School's state test result (80.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leona Ave Middle School this school | 190 | 92.1% | 80.5% |
| Beallsville Elementary School Beallsville | 136 | 86.8% | 53.9% |
| Strasburg-Franklin Elementary School Strasburg | 227 | 81.1% | 72.4% |
| Southeast Primary Elementary School Ravenna | 328 | 99.1% | N/A |
| Spencerville Elementary School Spencerville | 336 | 99.1% | 88.3% |
| McComb Local Elementary School McComb | 305 | 84.9% | 71.1% |
Matched among Ohio elementary 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 Leona Ave Middle School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Belmont County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #234 of 673 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #562 of 1,569 ▼ 101 | #5 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.4% | #159 of 1,569 ▼ 17 | #2 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #998 of 1,514 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 190 | #1,605 of 1,808 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.1% | #8 of 767 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.8% | #151 of 992 | #1 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
190
-29 (-13%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 195
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 190 | 14.1 | 13.5:1 | 92% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 184 | 14 | 13.1:1 | 81% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 188 | 14 | 13.4:1 | 60% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 219 | 14 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 256 | 14.2 | 18.0:1 | 62% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 243 | 12 | 20.3:1 | 63% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 197 | 12 | 16.4:1 | 65% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 196 | 12 | 16.3:1 | 34% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 195 | 9 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leona Ave Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (256 to 190); teachers down 1% (14.2 to 14.1).
About Leona Ave Middle School
Leona Ave Middle School is a small elementary school in Shadyside, Ohio. The student body numbers 190 students, from grades 3 through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Ohio) has about 404 students.
Shadyside Local enrolls 699 students, and its 3 schools include Leona Ave Middle School.
White students are the large majority at Leona Ave Middle School, with 94% of enrollment. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 91% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Leona Ave Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 11%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 13.5:1, with 14.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 17.9:1 average for elementary schools in Ohio is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Leona Ave Middle School is 92%. Compared with the 65% average for public schools in Belmont County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades Leona Ave Middle School an A. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations places Leona Ave Middle School in the top 10% of Ohio schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 26.5 points above it (80.5% actual, 54.0% predicted).
In Belmont County (population about 65,473), median household income is about $57,017, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Leona Ave Middle School is one of 23 public schools in Belmont County, which together enroll about 8,619 students.
Shadyside High School is located about 0.2 miles from Leona Ave Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.
Leona Ave Middle School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 190 was 13% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 219. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.5:1) than in 2020-21 (15.6:1).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Belmont County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,473
Census ACS
Median income
$57,017
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
8,619 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Shadyside Local
- Shadyside High SchoolHigh · 285 students
- Jefferson Ave Elementary SchoolElementary · 224 students
Other schools in Shadyside
- Shadyside High SchoolHigh · 285 students
- Jefferson Ave Elementary SchoolElementary · 224 students
Nearby schools
- Shadyside High School0.2 mi · 285
- Jefferson Ave Elementary School0.8 mi · 224
- Center McMechen Elementary School1.5 mi · 160
- Glen Dale Elementary School1.9 mi · 206
- John Marshall High School2.3 mi · 1,048
- Bellaire High School3.0 mi · 310
Frequently asked questions
About Leona Ave Middle SchoolHow large is Leona Ave Middle School?
Leona Ave Middle School enrolls approximately 190 students in grades 03-06.
What grades does Leona Ave Middle School serve?
Leona Ave Middle School serves grades 03-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Leona Ave Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Leona Ave Middle School is approximately 13.5:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Leona Ave Middle School?
At Leona Ave Middle School, the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
Is Leona Ave Middle School public or private?
Leona Ave Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Shadyside Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.