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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
Enrollment
462
Middle
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 482
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
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Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Grade 5
121
Grade 6
120
Grade 7
115
Grade 8
106
Student demographics
White
39986%
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Hispanic
409%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 8%
Black
61%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 17%
Asian
61%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3%
Two+
112%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 7%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
21647%
Female
24653%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Liberty-Benton Middle School→Liberty-Benton High School
Feeds from
Liberty-Benton Elementary SchoolKG–04
Based on grade levels within Liberty-Benton Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or Above
English 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.

Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
462
+117 (+34%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 17.0:1
% White
86%
was 89%
% Hispanic
9%
was 6%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About Liberty-Benton Middle School

Liberty-Benton Middle School is a 6-8 campus of mid-tier scale in Findlay, Ohio, overseen by Liberty-Benton Local, enrolling 462 students in grades 5 through 8.

Within Liberty-Benton Local, which oversees 4 schools and 1,640 students, Liberty-Benton Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Liberty-Benton Middle School reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 9% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hancock County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Liberty-Benton Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 24% of students at Liberty-Benton Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Hancock County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, Liberty-Benton Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 79.7%, the actual is 82.0%, a residual of +2.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Hancock County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,141 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Hancock County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,975 students), Liberty-Benton Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Liberty-Benton Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Liberty-Benton Middle School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 74.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Liberty-Benton Middle School's enrollment has climbed 34% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 462). Class-load math has fell: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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Hancock County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Liberty-Benton Middle School
District
Liberty-Benton Local
Address
9190 County Road 9, Findlay, OH 45840
Phone
(419) 422-9166
County
Hancock County
Level
Middle
Grade range
05–08
Total enrollment
462
Teachers (FTE)
30
Student–teacher ratio
15.4:1
Free/Reduced lunch
112 (24%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
390474400936
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in Liberty-Benton Local
Other schools in Findlay
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Frequently asked questions

About Liberty-Benton Middle School
What 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.
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