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If you could change one rule at Milford Junior High School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
978
Middle
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILFORD EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390455002253
Milford Junior High School
5735 Pleasant Hill Rd, Milford, OH 45150 · (513) 831-1900 · Clermont County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL978 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% of Ohio public middle schools
- A-Test 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.
- C-Three-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
18.8:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
268 students
DISTRICT 27% · 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 6 | 3 | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 500 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 475 | 49% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
73.5%
OH avg 59.8% . -4.0pp since 2021
Math
80.9%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 74 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 down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.5% | 80.9% |
| 2023-24 | 74.8% | 81.4% |
| 2022-23 | 79.6% | 80.5% |
| 2021-22 | 77.5% | 79.1% |
% 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
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Milford Junior High School
Milford Junior High School's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milford Junior High School this school | 978 | 27.4% | 76.8% |
| Memorial Middle School Mentor | 852 | 27.0% | 76.6% |
| North Canton Middle School North Canton | 957 | 31.2% | 80.5% |
| Olmsted Falls Middle School Olmsted Falls | 747 | 25.8% | 73.3% |
| Lebanon Junior High Lebanon | 869 | 32.6% | 69.6% |
| Chardon Middle School Chardon | 716 | 25.0% | 86.5% |
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 Milford Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Clermont County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #114 of 316 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #118 of 637 ▼ 7 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #184 of 637 ▼ 39 | #1 of 8 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #139 of 629 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 978 | #29 of 654 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #426 of 577 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.2% | #348 of 579 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.4% | #227 of 319 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #346 of 410 | #4 of 6 |
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
978
-44 (-4%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 846
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 978 | 52 | 18.8:1 | 27% (268) |
| 2023-24 | 972 | 45 | 21.6:1 | 20% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 1,047 | 49 | 21.4:1 | 19% (196) |
| 2020-21 | 1,022 | 57 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,018 | 49 | 20.8:1 | 19% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 1,000 | 50 | 20.0:1 | 27% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 955 | 50 | 19.1:1 | 24% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 918 | 50 | 18.4:1 | 9% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 846 | 43 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Milford Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,018 to 978); teachers up 6% (49 to 52).
About Milford Junior High School
Milford Junior High School is a middle school in Milford, Ohio, according to federal school records. The school enrolls 978 students, from grades 6 through 8. Average enrollment for middle schools in Ohio is about 482, so this school runs 103% above that.
Milford Junior High School reports to Milford Exempted Village, which has 10 schools and 5,961 students.
Federal enrollment data show Milford Junior High School is 87% White. After that, the student body is 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. The school's diversity index is 24%, meaning two students picked at random have a 24% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers at Milford Junior High School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 18.8:1. That is 1.8 students per teacher above the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 27%. That rate is below the 41% average among public schools in Clermont County.
allk12 grades Milford Junior High School a B. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Milford Junior High School, the prediction is 78.5% and the result is 76.8%.
Clermont County has about 211,181 residents, and the median household income is $85,510, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Besides Milford Junior High School, Clermont County has 46 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Milford Sr High School, about 0.3 miles away. Milford Junior High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Milford Junior High School's average proficiency of 76.8% compares with 80.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Milford Junior High School's enrollment declined 4%, to 978.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Milford Junior High School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Clermont County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
211,181
Census ACS
Median income
$85,510
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
26,246 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Milford Exempted Village
- Milford Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,814 students
- McCormick Elementary SchoolElementary · 587 students
- Meadowview Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- Pattison Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Boyd E Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
Other schools in Milford
- Milford Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,814 students
- Live Oaks CdcHigh · 593 students
- Meadowview Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
- Pattison Elementary SchoolElementary · 454 students
- Boyd E Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Mulberry Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
Nearby schools
- Milford Sr High School0.3 mi · 1,814
- Milford Preschool and Extended Day0.8 mi · 189
- Milford Academy0.8 mi · 46
- Charles L Seipelt Elementary School1.2 mi · 417
- Mulberry Elementary School1.2 mi · 446
- Live Oaks Cdc1.5 mi · 593
Frequently asked questions
About Milford Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Milford Junior High School?
Milford Junior High School enrolls approximately 978 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Milford Junior High School serve?
Milford Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Milford Junior High School have?
Milford Junior High School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Milford Junior High School?
At Milford Junior High School, the student body is approximately 87% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Milford Junior High School?
Milford Junior High School is overseen by Milford Exempted Village in Clermont County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.