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Enrollment
471
Middle
DISTRICT 644 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONTARIO LOCAL·NCES 390494703609
Ontario Middle School
447 Shelby Ontario Rd, Mansfield, OH 44906 · (419) 529-5507 · Richland County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
170 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 158 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 157 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 156 | 33% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Ontario Middle School→Ontario High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ontario Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
76.9%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.3pp since 2021
Math
76.4%
OH avg 56.1% . -6.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 down about 7 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.9% | 76.4% |
| 2023-24 | 74.8% | 79.3% |
| 2022-23 | 78.7% | 79.5% |
| 2021-22 | 77.1% | 83.0% |
% 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
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 Ontario Middle School
Ontario Middle School's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario Middle School this school | 471 | 36.1% | 78.0% |
| Eastern Elementary School Lexington | 504 | 33.5% | 81.9% |
| Harding Middle School Lakewood | 446 | 34.5% | 81.9% |
| Licking Valley Middle School Newark | 523 | 36.3% | 59.9% |
| Wheelersburg Middle School Wheelersburg | 598 | 38.0% | 73.7% |
| Field Middle School Mogadore | 442 | 41.2% | 72.3% |
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 Ontario Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Richland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #101 of 316 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #178 of 637 ▼ 42 | #3 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #141 of 637 ▲ 3 | #3 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.4pp | #66 of 629 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #290 of 654 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #512 of 577 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.4% | #346 of 579 | #4 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.1% | #182 of 319 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #282 of 410 | #6 of 8 |
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
471
-26 (-5%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 471 | 22.9 | 20.6:1 | 36% (170) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 21.4 | 22.1:1 | 30% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 22.4 | 20.9:1 | 27% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 21 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 25.4 | 20.1:1 | 34% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 467 | 23 | 20.3:1 | 36% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 438 | 25 | 17.5:1 | 30% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 427 | 25 | 17.1:1 | 7% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 28 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ontario Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (509 to 471); teachers down 10% (25.4 to 22.9).
About Ontario Middle School
A medium-sized middle school in Mansfield, Ohio, Ontario Middle School is part of Ontario Local. Enrollment is 471 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8.
Ontario Middle School is part of Ontario Local, where 3 schools serve 1,933 students.
The student body at Ontario Middle School is 87% White. The rest of enrollment is 6% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. That is close to the 85% White share among all Richland County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 24% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Ontario Middle School is 22.9 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 20.6:1. That is higher than the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. The school counts 170 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 36%. Across public schools in Richland County, the average is 54%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 78.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 75.2%.
Richland County has these Census figures: the median household income is $59,509, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Richland County is home to 49 public schools and about 18,772 public school students.
Nearest public school: Ontario High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
Enrollment at Ontario Middle School declined 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 497 to 471 students. The ratio of students to teachers went from 23.7:1 to 20.6:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Ontario Middle School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Richland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,099
Census ACS
Median income
$59,509
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
18,772 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ontario Local
- Stingel Elementary SchoolElementary · 922 students
- Ontario High SchoolHigh · 540 students
Other schools in Mansfield
- GOAL Digital AcademyCombined · 855 students
- Madison High SchoolHigh · 855 students
- Mansfield Senior High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 761 students
- Malabar Intermediate SchoolElementary · 660 students
- Sherman Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
Other Ontario Middle schools
One other US public school is named Ontario Middle. Ontario Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Ontario Middle SchoolOntario, OR · 471 students
Nearby schools
- Ontario High School0.1 mi · 540
- Stingel Elementary School0.1 mi · 922
- The Richland School of Academic Arts4.1 mi · 338
- Buckeye Community School4.2 mi · 566
- Cypress High School4.8 mi · 231
- Sherman Elementary School4.9 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Ontario Middle SchoolHow many students attend Ontario Middle School?
Ontario Middle School enrolls approximately 471 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Ontario Middle School serve?
Ontario Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Ontario Middle School?
Approximately 20.6:1 students per teacher at Ontario Middle School.
How diverse is Ontario Middle School?
Ontario Middle School reports a student body of 87% White, 1% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Ontario Middle School?
Ontario Middle School is overseen by Ontario Local in Richland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.