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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Sidney Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
840
Middle
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIDNEY CITY·NCES 391000301631
Sidney Middle School
980 Fair Rd, Sidney, OH 45365 · (937) 497-2225 · Shelby County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL840 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
561 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 5 | 228 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 203 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 207 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 202 | 24% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Sidney Middle School→Sidney High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sidney City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
52.3%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.8pp since 2021
Math
55.6%
OH avg 56.1% . +5.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.3% | 55.6% |
| 2023-24 | 51.9% | 57.1% |
| 2022-23 | 56.6% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.1% | 50.1% |
% 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
56.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.6%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Sidney Middle School
Sidney Middle School's state test result (56.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sidney Middle School this school | 840 | 66.8% | 56.8% |
| Madison Middle School Mansfield | 761 | 70.4% | 60.1% |
| Kettering Middle School Kettering | 982 | 57.2% | 67.0% |
| Boardman Center Intermediate School Youngstown | 814 | 58.7% | 74.8% |
| Miamisburg Middle School Miamisburg | 1,105 | 52.3% | 60.3% |
| Elida Middle School Elida | 467 | 59.7% | 71.8% |
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 Sidney Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #288 of 316 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #473 of 637 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #481 of 637 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #322 of 629 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 840 | #63 of 654 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #376 of 577 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.4% | #180 of 579 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.8% | #30 of 319 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #164 of 169 |
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
840
-179 (-18%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 630
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 840 | 47 | 17.9:1 | 67% (561) |
| 2023-24 | 819 | 46 | 17.8:1 | 61% (499) |
| 2022-23 | 840 | 43 | 19.5:1 | 60% (507) |
| 2020-21 | 1,019 | 47 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 836 | 40 | 20.9:1 | 61% (510) |
| 2015-16 | 902 | 41 | 22.0:1 | 56% (507) |
| 2010-11 | 829 | 46 | 18.0:1 | 55% (454) |
| 2000-01 | 531 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 26% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 630 | 29 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sidney Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (836 to 840); teachers up 18% (40 to 47).
About Sidney Middle School
Sidney Middle School, a high-enrollment middle school, is located in Sidney, Ohio. It educates 840 students in grades 5 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Ohio is about 482 students.
Sidney City runs 7 schools with a combined 3,149 students. Sidney Middle School is one of them.
Sidney Middle School is 71% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 17% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Black. County-wide, 92% of Shelby County residents are White. Sidney Middle School's diversity index is 46%, against a US figure of 70%.
Sidney Middle School counts 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.9 students for each one. On average, middle schools in Ohio have 17.0:1, compared with 17.9:1 here. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Shelby County is 52%.
On BeatsExpectations, Sidney Middle School is 6.7 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Ohio schools.
Across Shelby County, the median household income is $73,978, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Shelby County is home to 22 public schools and about 7,812 public school students.
Sidney High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Sidney Middle School, there are 6 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Sidney Middle School is 2nd of 4 on proficiency.
Sidney Middle School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment has fallen by 179 students since 2020-21, to 840. Students per teacher fell from 21.7 in 2020-21 to 17.9 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Shelby County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,929
Census ACS
Median income
$73,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
7,812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sidney City
- Sidney High SchoolHigh · 791 students
- Northwood Intermediate SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Emerson Primary SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Whittier Early Childhood CenterElementary · 306 students
- Longfellow Primary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Jacket Virtual AcademyCombined · 131 students
Other schools in Sidney
- Sidney High SchoolHigh · 791 students
- Northwood Intermediate SchoolElementary · 438 students
- Emerson Primary SchoolElementary · 340 students
- Whittier Early Childhood CenterElementary · 306 students
- Longfellow Primary SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Fairlawn High SchoolHigh · 285 students
Other Sidney Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Sidney Middle. Sidney Middle School is the largest of the 4.
- Sidney Middle SchoolSidney, MT · 319 students
- SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOLSIDNEY, NY · 169 students
- SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOLSIDNEY, NE · 152 students
Nearby schools
- Sidney High School0.2 mi · 791
- Emerson Primary School0.2 mi · 340
- Longfellow Primary School1.2 mi · 303
- Northwood Intermediate School1.7 mi · 438
- Jacket Virtual Academy1.9 mi · 131
- Whittier Early Childhood Center1.9 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About Sidney Middle SchoolHow many students attend Sidney Middle School?
Sidney Middle School enrolls approximately 840 students in grades 05-08.
Is Sidney Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sidney Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
How many teachers does Sidney Middle School have?
Sidney Middle School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Sidney Middle School?
Student demographics at Sidney Middle School are roughly 71% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 17% Two or more.
What district is Sidney Middle School in?
Sidney Middle School is part of Sidney City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.