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Enrollment
462
Middle
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY-BENTON LOCAL·NCES 390474400936
Liberty-Benton Middle School
9190 County Road 9, Findlay, OH 45840 · (419) 422-9166 · Hancock County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
15.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
112 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 43%
Community
1
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 5 | 121 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 120 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 115 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 106 | 23% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
Liberty-Benton Middle School→Liberty-Benton High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Liberty-Benton Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
81.8%
OH avg 59.8% . -3.0pp since 2021
Math
79.9%
OH avg 56.1% . -3.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.8% | 79.9% |
| 2023-24 | 80.5% | 81.7% |
| 2022-23 | 81.5% | 80.4% |
| 2021-22 | 84.8% | 83.2% |
% 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
82.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
79.7%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% 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 Liberty-Benton Middle School
Liberty-Benton Middle School's state test result (82.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty-Benton Middle School this school | 462 | 24.2% | 82.0% |
| Perry Middle School Perry | 443 | 28.7% | 74.4% |
| Johnstown Middle School Johnstown | 412 | 23.5% | 78.2% |
| Eastwood Middle School Pemberville | 365 | 30.1% | 79.7% |
| Troy Intermediate Elementary School Avon Lake | 539 | 16.5% | 86.8% |
| Hayes Intermediate School Grove City | 464 | 30.4% | 76.2% |
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 Liberty-Benton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hancock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #62 of 316 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.9% | #133 of 637 ▼ 26 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.8% | #76 of 637 ▲ 5 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.2pp | #69 of 629 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #301 of 654 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #210 of 577 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.6% | #344 of 579 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.2% | #247 of 319 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +33.9% | #19 of 169 | N/A |
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
462
+98 (+27%) vs 2020
+52% since 2000-01, when it was 303
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 18.2:1
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 | 462 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 24% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 28 | 15.5:1 | 29% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 427 | 28.2 | 15.1:1 | 17% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 20 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 20.3 | 17.0:1 | 20% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 317 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 23% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 293 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 18% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 303 | 25 | 12.1:1 | 26% (79) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Liberty-Benton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 34% (345 to 462); teachers up 48% (20.3 to 30).
About Liberty-Benton Middle School
Liberty-Benton Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in Findlay, Ohio. Students in grades 5 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 462 students.
Liberty-Benton Middle School sits within Liberty-Benton Local, which has 4 schools and 1,640 students.
Liberty-Benton Middle School enrolls a student body that is 86% White. Other reported shares: 9% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The White share in Hancock County as a whole is similar, at about 89%. Liberty-Benton Middle School has a diversity index of 25%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 15.4 students per teacher and 30 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Ohio is 17.0:1, higher than at this school. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The 47% average for public schools in Hancock County is 23 points higher.
Measured against Ohio public middle schools, Liberty-Benton Middle School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Ohio, Liberty-Benton Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 82.0% actual against a predicted 79.7%.
Liberty-Benton Middle School is located in Hancock County, where median household income is about $73,141, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Liberty-Benton Middle School is one of 37 public schools in Hancock County, which together enroll about 11,975 students.
Liberty-Benton Elementary School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Liberty-Benton Middle School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 364 to 462. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.4:1.
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Hancock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
74,866
Census ACS
Median income
$73,141
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
11,975 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Liberty-Benton Local
- Liberty-Benton Elementary SchoolElementary · 620 students
- Liberty-Benton High SchoolHigh · 549 students
- Liberty-Benton Eagle AcademyHigh · 9 students
Other schools in Findlay
- Findlay High SchoolHigh · 1,592 students
- Liberty-Benton Elementary SchoolElementary · 620 students
- Glenwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 579 students
- Liberty-Benton High SchoolHigh · 549 students
- Donnell Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- Millstream Career CenterHigh · 455 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty-Benton Elementary School0.0 mi · 620
- Liberty-Benton High School0.2 mi · 549
- Liberty-Benton Eagle Academy0.2 mi · 9
- Findlay Digital Academy1.7 mi · 230
- Millstream Career Center2.4 mi · 455
- Donnell Middle School2.5 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About Liberty-Benton Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Liberty-Benton Middle School?
Liberty-Benton Middle School enrolls approximately 462 students in grades 05-08.
Is Liberty-Benton Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Liberty-Benton Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Liberty-Benton Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Liberty-Benton Middle School is approximately 15.4:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Liberty-Benton Middle School?
At Liberty-Benton Middle School, the student body is approximately 86% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Liberty-Benton Middle School?
Liberty-Benton Middle School is overseen by Liberty-Benton Local in Hancock County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.