McPherson Middle School

Set in Clyde, Ohio, McPherson Middle School is a mid-sized middle school, run under Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village. It teaches 449 students across grades 6 through 8.

Within Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village, which oversees 4 schools and 1,998 students, McPherson Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, McPherson Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). The remainder reads as 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Sandusky County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, McPherson Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.4%; this one delivers 71.1%.

In the surrounding community, Sandusky County reports that median household income runs about $62,295, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. McPherson Middle School is one of 22 public schools in Sandusky County (combined enrollment of about 8,558 students).

Nearest neighbor: Clyde Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McPherson Middle School at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 70.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McPherson Middle School has contracted 16%, going from 534 students in 2018 to 449 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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