Newcomerstown Middle School

Newcomerstown Middle School is a very small middle-grades school in Newcomerstown, Ohio, one of the schools within Newcomerstown Exempted Village. The school educates 182 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 62% below the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Newcomerstown Exempted Village runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 869 students. Newcomerstown Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Newcomerstown Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder breaks down as 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Newcomerstown Middle School has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Tuscarawas County put median household earnings sit near $65,044, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Newcomerstown Middle School is one of 44 public schools in Tuscarawas County (combined enrollment of about 15,660 students).

West Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Newcomerstown Middle School's enrollment has contracted 25% since 2018, when it stood at 244 (now 182).

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Newcomerstown Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.