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Which teacher or staff member at Ross Middle School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
628
Middle
DISTRICT 521 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSS LOCAL·NCES 390461402452
Ross Middle School
3425 Hamilton Cleves Rd, Hamilton, OH 45013 · (513) 863-1251 · Butler County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL628 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
187 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 206 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 196 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 226 | 36% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Ross Middle School→Ross High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Ross Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
78.8%
OH avg 59.8% . +4.3pp since 2021
Math
76.2%
OH avg 56.1% . +6.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 79 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 are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.8% | 76.2% |
| 2023-24 | 72.6% | 72.3% |
| 2022-23 | 75.3% | 68.6% |
| 2021-22 | 74.5% | 69.4% |
% 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
75.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 78% 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 Ross Middle School
Ross Middle School's state test result (75.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Middle School this school | 628 | 29.8% | 75.8% |
| Wadsworth Middle School Wadsworth | 606 | 30.9% | 82.0% |
| Central Intermediate School Wadsworth | 606 | 32.2% | 77.9% |
| Eastern Elementary School Lexington | 504 | 33.5% | 81.9% |
| Taylor Middle School Cleves | 599 | 33.4% | 72.7% |
| Licking Valley Middle School Newark | 523 | 36.3% | 59.9% |
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 Ross Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #125 of 316 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #184 of 637 ▲ 56 | #6 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #112 of 637 ▲ 57 | #2 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #177 of 629 | #9 of 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 628 | #164 of 654 | #10 of 16 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #474 of 577 | #11 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.2% | #539 of 579 | #15 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.8% | #216 of 319 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.3% | #23 of 410 | #1 of 11 |
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
628
-317 (-34%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 731
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 628 | 31.8 | 19.8:1 | 30% (187) |
| 2023-24 | 676 | 32 | 21.1:1 | 29% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 726 | 33.5 | 21.7:1 | 24% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 945 | 42 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 928 | 41.5 | 22.3:1 | 23% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 865 | 41 | 21.1:1 | 23% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 838 | 41 | 20.4:1 | 27% (226) |
| 2000-01 | 753 | 43 | 17.5:1 | 12% (91) |
| 1990-91 | 731 | 37 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ross Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (928 to 628); teachers down 24% (41.5 to 31.8).
About Ross Middle School
The public middle school Ross Middle School is located in Hamilton, Ohio. It serves 628 students in grades 6 through 8. For comparison, middle schools in Ohio average about 482 students.
Ross Local includes 5 schools. Together they enroll 2,607 students.
White students are the large majority at Ross Middle School, with 95% of enrollment. Other groups make up 3% multiracial. County-wide, 76% of Butler County residents are White. Ross Middle School has a diversity index of 9%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 19.8:1 comes from the school's 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 30% of students at Ross Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 42% average for public schools in Butler County is 12 points higher.
Ross Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Ohio schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 75.8% and a predicted 77.6%.
Butler County census figures show that median household income is about $81,590, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ross Middle School is among the 90 public schools in Butler County.
Ross Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ross Middle School's average proficiency of 75.8% compares with 77.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES assigns Ross Middle School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Ross Middle School went from 945 students to 628. Its ratio of students to teachers was 22.5:1 in 2020-21, and 19.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
392,876
Census ACS
Median income
$81,590
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
90
59,107 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ross Local
- Ross High SchoolHigh · 893 students
- Morgan Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Ross Intermediate SchoolElementary · 374 students
- Elda Elementary SchoolElementary · 327 students
Other schools in Hamilton
- Hamilton High SchoolHigh · 2,403 students
- D Russel Lee Career-Technology CenterHigh · 930 students
- Ross High SchoolHigh · 893 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 814 students
- Ridgeway Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Highland Elementary SchoolElementary · 695 students
Other Ross Middle schools
One other US public school is named Ross Middle. Ross Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Ross Middle SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 828 students
Nearby schools
- Ross Intermediate School0.1 mi · 374
- Ross High School0.2 mi · 893
- Elda Elementary School1.0 mi · 327
- Fairfield West Elementary School3.7 mi · 870
- Pleasant Run Middle School4.2 mi · 661
- Fairfield South Elementary School4.2 mi · 677
Frequently asked questions
About Ross Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Ross Middle School?
Ross Middle School enrolls approximately 628 students in grades 06-08.
Is Ross Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ross Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Ross Middle School?
Approximately 19.8:1 students per teacher at Ross Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ross Middle School?
At Ross Middle School, the student body is approximately 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Ross Middle School in?
Ross Middle School is part of Ross Local.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.