Enrollment
246
Middle
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNCHBURG-CLAY LOCAL·NCES 390476303595
Lynchburg-Clay Middle School
8250 State Route 134, Lynchburg, OH 45142 · (937) 364-2811 · Highland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL246 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Ohio public middle schools
- B+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.
- 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
12.8:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
125 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 6 | 89 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 85 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 72 | 29% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
Lynchburg-Clay Middle School→Lynchburg-Clay High School
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Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
70.8%
OH avg 59.8% . -1.2pp since 2021
Math
68.8%
OH avg 56.1% . -1.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.8% | 68.8% |
| 2023-24 | 76.4% | 66.8% |
| 2022-23 | 75.3% | 69.9% |
| 2021-22 | 72.1% | 69.8% |
% 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
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Lynchburg-Clay Middle School
Lynchburg-Clay Middle School's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynchburg-Clay Middle School this school | 246 | 50.8% | 73.0% |
| Fort Frye Middle School Beverly | 256 | 51.6% | 65.4% |
| Eastern MS Winchester | 254 | 55.9% | 65.4% |
| Bethel-Tate Middle School Bethel | 298 | 50.0% | 74.0% |
| Triad Middle School North Lewisburg | 233 | 50.2% | 65.3% |
| Union Local Middle School Belmont | 304 | 46.7% | 57.6% |
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 Lynchburg-Clay Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #153 of 316 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #302 of 637 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #219 of 637 ▼ 97 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #141 of 629 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 246 | #551 of 654 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #49 of 577 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.2% | #503 of 579 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #85 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #226 of 410 |
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
246
-30 (-11%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 331
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 246 | 19.2 | 12.8:1 | 51% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 238 | 21 | 11.3:1 | 49% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 240 | 19.6 | 12.3:1 | 46% (111) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 17 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 275 | 17.6 | 15.7:1 | 42% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 18 | 16.0:1 | 44% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 322 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 43% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 14 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lynchburg-Clay Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (275 to 246); teachers up 9% (17.6 to 19.2).
About Lynchburg-Clay Middle School
Lynchburg-Clay Middle School is a small middle-grades school serving families in Lynchburg, Ohio. The student body numbers 246 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Ohio is about 482, so this school runs 49% smaller than that.
Lynchburg-Clay Middle School is one school in Lynchburg-Clay Local, a system of 3 schools with 995 students.
Lynchburg-Clay Middle School's enrollment is 94% White. The remaining shares are 6% multiracial. County-wide, about 95% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 12% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Lynchburg-Clay Middle School counts 19.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.8 students for each one. That is lower than the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 51%. For comparison, public schools in Highland County average 66%.
allk12 grades Lynchburg-Clay Middle School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, Lynchburg-Clay Middle School is 3.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Ohio schools.
Lynchburg-Clay Middle School is located in Highland County, where the median household income is $65,785, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lynchburg-Clay Middle School is one of 18 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Lynchburg-Clay Middle School to another public school is about 3.0 miles, to Lynchburg-Clay High School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Nearby schools with test data average 67.9% proficiency; Lynchburg-Clay Middle School posts 73.0%.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment at Lynchburg-Clay Middle School dropped 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 276 to 246 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.8:1) than in 2020-21 (16.2:1).
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Highland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,517
Census ACS
Median income
$65,785
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
6,468 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lynchburg-Clay Local
- Lynchburg-Clay Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
- Lynchburg-Clay High SchoolHigh · 278 students
Other schools in Lynchburg
- Lynchburg-Clay Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
- Lynchburg-Clay High SchoolHigh · 278 students
Nearby schools
- Lynchburg-Clay High School3.0 mi · 278
- Lynchburg-Clay Elementary School3.1 mi · 471
- Fayetteville-Perry High School8.3 mi · 204
- Fayetteville-Perry Middle School8.3 mi · 163
- Fayetteville-Perry Elementary School8.4 mi · 345
- New Vienna Elementary School8.6 mi · 252
Frequently asked questions
About Lynchburg-Clay Middle SchoolHow large is Lynchburg-Clay Middle School?
Lynchburg-Clay Middle School enrolls approximately 246 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lynchburg-Clay Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lynchburg-Clay Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Lynchburg-Clay Middle School have?
Lynchburg-Clay Middle School employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Lynchburg-Clay Middle School?
Student demographics at Lynchburg-Clay Middle School are roughly 94% White, 0% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
What district is Lynchburg-Clay Middle School in?
Lynchburg-Clay Middle School is part of Lynchburg-Clay Local.
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