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What's the most underrated thing about Loveland Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
624
Middle
DISTRICT 634 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOVELAND CITY·NCES 390442701210
Loveland Middle School
801 S Lebanon Rd, Loveland, OH 45140 · (513) 683-3100 · Hamilton County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL624 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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.
- CThree-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
19.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
139 students
DISTRICT 21% · 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 7 | 290 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 334 | 54% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Loveland Middle School→Loveland High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Loveland City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
83.0%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.0pp since 2021
Math
81.2%
OH avg 56.1% . -2.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 | 83.0% | 81.2% |
| 2023-24 | 82.8% | 86.4% |
| 2022-23 | 86.5% | 85.0% |
| 2021-22 | 80.0% | 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
83.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% 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 Loveland Middle School
Loveland Middle School's state test result (83.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loveland Middle School this school | 624 | 22.3% | 83.3% |
| Loveland Intermediate School Loveland | 643 | 21.9% | 81.8% |
| A. I. Root Middle School Medina | 690 | 19.3% | 81.4% |
| Buckeye Valley Local Middle School Delaware | 612 | 24.2% | 72.8% |
| Buckeye Intermediate School Medina | 581 | 22.2% | 77.8% |
| Bellbrook Middle School Bellbrook | 665 | 22.1% | 84.3% |
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 Loveland Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Hamilton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.3% | #53 of 316 | #7 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #112 of 637 ▼ 58 | #8 of 25 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #67 of 637 ▼ 11 | #9 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #414 of 629 | #18 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 624 | #168 of 654 | #11 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #443 of 577 | #18 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.1% | #350 of 579 | #22 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.3% | #259 of 319 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #132 of 410 | #4 of 15 |
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
624
-109 (-15%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 624 | 32.6 | 19.1:1 | 22% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 664 | 33 | 20.1:1 | 14% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 650 | 31 | 21.0:1 | 12% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 733 | 32 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 739 | 39.8 | 18.6:1 | 12% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 799 | 38 | 21.0:1 | 14% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 738 | 39 | 18.9:1 | 15% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 3% (18) |
| 1990-91 | 607 | 28 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Loveland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (739 to 624); teachers down 18% (39.8 to 32.6).
About Loveland Middle School
Loveland Middle School is a medium-sized middle school based in Loveland, Ohio. Enrollment is 624 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 7 through 8. The average for middle schools in Ohio is about 482 students, so this school is 29% bigger than average.
Loveland Middle School is one school in a 6-school district, Loveland City, which enrolls 4,041 students.
White students make up 87% of enrollment at Loveland Middle School. Other students are 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 63% White share among all Hamilton County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 24% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 19.1:1. This ratio sits 2.1 above the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 22%. That is lower than the 34% average for public schools in Hamilton County.
Measured against Ohio public middle schools, Loveland 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, Loveland Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 83.3% actual against a predicted 80.4%.
Among Hamilton County residents, the median household income is $72,470, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Loveland Middle School is one of 212 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Loveland Intermediate School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Loveland Middle School is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Loveland Middle School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 624 students in 2024-25, 109 fewer than the 733 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 22.9:1 to 19.1:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Loveland Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hamilton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,774
Census ACS
Median income
$72,470
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
212
111,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Loveland City
- Loveland High SchoolHigh · 1,203 students
- Loveland Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Loveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Loveland Primary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- Loveland Early Childhood CenterElementary · 359 students
Other schools in Loveland
- Loveland High SchoolHigh · 1,203 students
- Symmes Elementary SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Loveland Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 643 students
- Loveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 617 students
- Loveland Primary SchoolElementary · 595 students
- McCormick Elementary SchoolElementary · 587 students
Nearby schools
- Loveland Intermediate School0.1 mi · 643
- Loveland Elementary School0.8 mi · 617
- Loveland Primary School0.8 mi · 595
- Loveland High School1.3 mi · 1,203
- Loveland Early Childhood Center1.9 mi · 359
- Symmes Elementary School1.9 mi · 656
Frequently asked questions
About Loveland Middle SchoolHow large is Loveland Middle School?
Loveland Middle School enrolls approximately 624 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Loveland Middle School serve?
Loveland Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Loveland Middle School?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at Loveland Middle School.
How diverse is Loveland Middle School?
Loveland Middle School reports a student body of 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Loveland Middle School public or private?
Loveland Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Loveland City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.