Mt Orab Middle School

Mt Orab Middle School, a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in Mount Orab, Ohio, overseen by Western Brown Local, works with 600 students, covering grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 482 students each, so Mt Orab Middle School sits 24% above that benchmark.

Mt Orab Middle School is one of 4 schools operated by Western Brown Local, a district that instructs 2,604 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Mt Orab Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Other groups include 3% multiracial. Compared to Brown County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Mt Orab Middle School logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Mt Orab Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.1%; this one delivers 70.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Brown County) logs that median household income runs about $71,270, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mt Orab Middle School is one of 17 public schools in Brown County (combined enrollment of about 6,534 students).

The closest other public school is Western Brown High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mt Orab Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 71.2%.

Mt Orab Middle School operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Mt Orab Middle School's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 664 (now 600). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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