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.

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