Enrollment
226
Middle
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT GILEAD EXEMPTED VILLAGE·NCES 390455302267
Mt Gilead Middle School
324 W Park Ave, Mount Gilead, OH 43338 · (419) 947-9517 · Morrow County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL226 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Ohio public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
110 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 78 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 84 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 28% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Mt Gilead Middle School→Mt Gilead High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mount Gilead Exempted Village. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
53.0%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.7pp since 2021
Math
56.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 53.0% | 56.5% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 64.6% |
| 2022-23 | 61.5% | 68.4% |
| 2021-22 | 53.7% | 55.0% |
% 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 Mt Gilead Middle School
Mt Gilead Middle School's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Gilead Middle School this school | 226 | 48.7% | 60.5% |
| Triad Middle School North Lewisburg | 233 | 50.2% | 65.3% |
| Clermont Northeastern Middle School Batavia | 300 | 50.7% | 51.9% |
| Northwestern Middle School West Salem | 284 | 45.8% | 68.6% |
| Fairless Middle School Navarre | 293 | 49.8% | 60.3% |
| Bethel-Tate Middle School Bethel | 298 | 50.0% | 74.0% |
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 Mt Gilead Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #266 of 316 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.5% | #459 of 637 ▼ 105 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #476 of 637 ▼ 52 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #420 of 629 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 226 | #565 of 654 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #40 of 577 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.5% | #398 of 579 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.7% | #105 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #65 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
226
-40 (-15%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 239
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 226 | 17.9 | 12.7:1 | 49% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 231 | 17 | 13.6:1 | 50% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 243 | 17 | 14.3:1 | 42% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 266 | 18 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 18 | 15.9:1 | 53% (151) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 17 | 16.8:1 | 50% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 288 | 19 | 15.2:1 | 46% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 225 | 17 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 239 | 10 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt Gilead Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (287 to 226); teachers down 1% (18 to 17.9).
About Mt Gilead Middle School
Federal records list Mt Gilead Middle School as a middle school in Mount Gilead, Ohio. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 226 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in Ohio) has about 482 students.
Mt Gilead Middle School is in Mount Gilead Exempted Village, a district with 975 students across 3 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Mt Gilead Middle School is 89% White. It is also 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 20% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.7:1. On average, middle schools in Ohio have 17.0:1, compared with 12.7:1 here. About 49% of students, or 110, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Mt Gilead Middle School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Mt Gilead Middle School is 70.4%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 60.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for Morrow County show that the median household income is $75,283, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Mt Gilead Middle School is one of 12 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Mt Gilead High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Mt Gilead Middle School has 4 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Mt Gilead Middle School ranks 4th of 5 nearby schools, at 60.5% versus a 65.4% average.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 40 fewer students in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.7:1) than in 2020-21 (14.8:1).
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Morrow County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
35,404
Census ACS
Median income
$75,283
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
4,685 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mount Gilead Exempted Village
- Park Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
- Mt Gilead High SchoolHigh · 274 students
Other schools in Mount Gilead
- Park Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 475 students
- Mt Gilead High SchoolHigh · 274 students
Nearby schools
- Mt Gilead High School0.0 mi · 274
- Park Avenue Elementary School0.1 mi · 475
- Cardington-Lincoln Middle School5.0 mi · 283
- Cardington-Lincoln High School5.0 mi · 245
- Tomorrow Center5.0 mi · 106
- Cardington-Lincoln Elementary School5.2 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About Mt Gilead Middle SchoolHow many students attend Mt Gilead Middle School?
Mt Gilead Middle School enrolls approximately 226 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Mt Gilead Middle School serve?
Mt Gilead Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mt Gilead Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mt Gilead Middle School is approximately 12.7:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mt Gilead Middle School?
At Mt Gilead Middle School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Mt Gilead Middle School public or private?
Mt Gilead Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mount Gilead Exempted Village.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.