Sheridan Middle School

Sheridan Middle School is a mid-sized intermediate school in Thornville, Ohio, one of the schools within Northern Local. The school educates 516 students in grades 6 through 8.

Sheridan Middle School is one of 5 schools operated by Northern Local, a district that enrolls 2,162 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Sheridan Middle School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%). That composition is broadly in line with Perry County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Perry County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,460 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Perry County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,663 students), of which Sheridan Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Sheridan High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 546 students in 2018 compared to 516 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.