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What's one thing St. Marys Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
445
Middle
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST MARYS CITY·NCES 390447201584
St. Marys Middle School
2250 St Rt 66 N, Saint Marys, OH 45885 · (419) 394-2112 · Auglaize County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
442 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
St. Marys Middle School→St Marys Memorial High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within St Marys City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
57.7%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.8pp since 2021
Math
66.0%
OH avg 56.1% . +3.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 3 points.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of OH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 11 points, placing it in Ohio's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
445
-49 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 19.9:1
% White
91%
was 93%
% Hispanic
4%
was 1%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About St. Marys Middle School
St. Marys Middle School is an average-sized junior high in Saint Marys, Ohio, part of St Marys City. The school educates 445 students in grades 6 through 8.
Across the 4 schools in St Marys City (1,984 students total), St. Marys Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, St. Marys Middle School records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Auglaize County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting St. Marys Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at St. Marys Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Auglaize County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, St. Marys Middle School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 51.3%; this one delivers 62.1%, a residual of +10.8 points.
Across the wider county, census data for Auglaize County shows median household earnings sit near $78,660, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Auglaize County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,462 students), of which St. Marys Middle School is one.
Nearest neighbor: St Marys Memorial High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), St. Marys Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 85.5%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at St. Marys Middle School has ticked down 10%, going from 494 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Auglaize County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,125
Census ACS
Median income
$78,660
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
7,462 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in St Marys City
- St Marys Memorial High SchoolHigh · 669 students
- St. Marys East Primary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- St Marys West Intermediate SchoolElementary · 425 students
Other schools in Saint Marys
- St Marys Memorial High SchoolHigh · 669 students
- St. Marys East Primary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- St Marys West Intermediate SchoolElementary · 425 students
Nearby schools
- St Marys Memorial High School0.0 mi · 669
- St. Marys East Primary School0.6 mi · 445
- St Marys West Intermediate School1.9 mi · 425
- New Knoxville High School5.5 mi · 111
- New Knoxville Elementary School5.5 mi · 299
- Tri Star Career Compact6.9 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About St. Marys Middle SchoolHow many students attend St. Marys Middle School?
St. Marys Middle School enrolls approximately 445 students in grades 06-08.
Is St. Marys Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
St. Marys Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does St. Marys Middle School have?
St. Marys Middle School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at St. Marys Middle School?
At St. Marys Middle School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is St. Marys Middle School public or private?
St. Marys Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by St Marys City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.