Mapleton Middle School

Mapleton Middle School is a middle-grades school of rural-scale scale in Ashland, Ohio, part of Mapleton Local, serveing 172 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 64% leaner than the state mean of about 482.

Mapleton Local runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 756 students. Mapleton Middle School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Mapleton Middle School shows that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Ashland County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Mapleton Middle School has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Ashland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,860 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mapleton Middle School is one of 21 public schools in Ashland County (combined enrollment of about 6,940 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mapleton Virtual Academy, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mapleton Middle School's enrollment has edged down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 235 (now 172). Class-load math has widened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.