Sandy Valley Middle School

As an intimate intermediate school in Magnolia, Ohio, Sandy Valley Middle School instructs 263 students from grades 5 through 8, overseen by Sandy Valley Local. Compared to the state average of about 482 students per school, that is 45% below typical.

Sandy Valley Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Sandy Valley Local, a district that teaches 1,254 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Sandy Valley Middle School logs that nearly all students (93%) are White; the rest breaks down as 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Tuscarawas County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Sandy Valley Middle School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Sandy Valley Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Tuscarawas County put median household earnings sit near $65,044, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Tuscarawas County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,660 students), of which Sandy Valley Middle School is one.

Sandy Valley High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 23%: 341 students in 2018 compared to 263 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 98% to 93% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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