Salem Junior High School

As an intimate middle-grades school in Salem, Ohio, Salem Junior High School educates 323 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within Salem City. That puts it 33% below the typical public school in Ohio, which averages around 482 students.

Salem City runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,913 students. Salem Junior High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Salem Junior High School logs that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Columbiana County as a whole is about 93% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Salem Junior High School shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Columbiana County put the typical household earns roughly $58,180 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Columbiana County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,165 students), of which Salem Junior High School is one.

Salem High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Salem Junior High School's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 351 (now 323). The White share of enrollment edged down from 87% to 81% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.