Liberty Union Middle School

Liberty Union Middle School operates as a tight-knit middle-grades school in Baltimore, Ohio, run under Liberty Union-Thurston Local. Current enrollment sits at 381 students spanning grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 21% smaller than the state mean of about 482.

Across the 3 schools in Liberty Union-Thurston Local (1,175 students total), Liberty Union Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Liberty Union Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%); the rest breaks down as 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Fairfield County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Liberty Union Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.1%, the actual is 67.9%, a residual of -7.2 points.

Around the school, Fairfield County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,966 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Fairfield County runs 47 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,447 students), of which Liberty Union Middle School is one.

Liberty Union Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Liberty Union Middle School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 71.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Liberty Union Middle School has ticked down 5%, going from 402 students in 2018 to 381 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.

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