Orrville Middle School

Orrville Middle School, a reasonably sized junior high in Orrville, Ohio, one of the schools within Orrville City, educates 462 students, covering grades 4 through 8.

Orrville City comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,432 students; Orrville Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Orrville Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder breaks down as 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 93% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Orrville Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Orrville Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.3%, the actual is 71.7%, a residual of +3.4 points.

In the broader community, Wayne County reports that median household earnings sit near $73,574, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Wayne County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,479 students), of which Orrville Middle School is one.

Orrville Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Orrville Middle School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.7%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Orrville Middle School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 461 (now 462). Class-load math has tightened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.