Otsego Junior High

Located at 18505 Tontogany Creek Rd Ste 3, in Bowling Green, Ohio, Otsego Junior High is a modestly sized intermediate school that hosts 375 students (grades 6 through 8), run under Otsego Local. That puts it 22% smaller than the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Otsego Local runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,637 students. Otsego Junior High is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Otsego Junior High lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Otsego Junior High logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Otsego Junior High higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wood County put median household income runs about $74,216, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Wood County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,968 students), of which Otsego Junior High is one.

Otsego High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Otsego Junior High.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 11%: 339 students in 2018 compared to 375 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

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