Shawnee Middle School

Shawnee Middle School, a mid-tier 6-8 campus in Lima, Ohio, run under Shawnee Local, teaches 712 students, covering grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 482 students each, so Shawnee Middle School sits 48% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Shawnee Local, which oversees 4 schools and 2,239 students, Shawnee Middle School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Shawnee Middle School reports that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Allen County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Shawnee Middle School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at Shawnee Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Allen County's rate of about 50%.

After controlling for student poverty, Shawnee Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 73.6%, the actual is 76.2%, a residual of +2.6 points.

In the broader community, Allen County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,038 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Allen County's 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,579 students), Shawnee Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Shawnee High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shawnee Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shawnee Middle School at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 70.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 10%: 787 students in 2018 compared to 712 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.